Ergonomic recommendations and their impact on child care workers' health

Work

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-17

  King, Phyllis M ^a   Gratz, Rene ^a   Kleiner, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Ergonomics; Health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; BIOENGINEERING; EMPLOYMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33644874303     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1893/0005-3155(2006)77[13:RAEONP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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