The SOBANE strategy for the management of risk, as applied to whole-body or hand-arm vibration

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 411-416

  Malchaire, J ^a   Piette, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

D paris; Hand arm vibration; Participation; Risk management; SOBANE; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; RISK MANAGEMENT; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

DEPARIS; HAND-ARM VIBRATION; PARTICIPATION; SOBANE STRATEGY; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ARM; ARTICLE; HAND; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCREENING; THERMAL EXPOSURE; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ARM; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; VIBRATION;

EID: 33745699869     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mel007     Document Type: Article

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