The evaluation of smaller plasterboards on productivity, work demands and workload in construction workers

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 681-686

  van der Molen, Henk F ^a,b   Mol, Eric ^c   Kuijer, P Paul F M ^a,c   Frings Dresen, Monique H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Arbouw   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construction work; Intervention; Manual materials handling

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; JOB ANALYSIS; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY;

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; HEART RATE; PLASTERBOARDS; WORKLOAD;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; EVALUATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIFTING EFFORT; MATERIALS HANDLING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLASTERBOARD; PRODUCTIVITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34249673930     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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