Assessment of skeletal muscle fatigue of road maintenance workers based on heart rate monitoring and myotonometry

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Roja, Zenija ^a   Kalkis, Valdis ^a   Vain, Arved ^b   Kalkis, Henrijs ^a   Eglite, Maija ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

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EID: 34248163374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-1-20     Document Type: Article

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