Medium- and long-term reproducibility of self-reported exposure to physical ergonomics factors at work

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-175

  d'Errico, Angelo ^a,b   Gore, Rebecca ^a   Gold, Judith E ^a,c   Park, Jung Soon ^a   Punnett, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile manufacturing; Exposure recall; Reproducibility; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING; EXPOSURE RECALL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS (MSD); RISK FACTORS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CAR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYEE; ERGONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

EID: 33751048817     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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