Gender differences in subjective responses to hand-arm vibration

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-140

  Neely, Gregory ^a   Burström, Lage ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender effects; ISO standards; Psychophysical scaling; Threshold measurement

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STANDARDS;

GENDER EFFECTS; HAND ARM VIBRATIONS; ISO STANDARDS; PSYCHOPHYSICAL SCALING; THRESHOLD MEASUREMENT;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBRATION;

EID: 31344458026     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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