Suspension tolerance in a full-body safety harness, and a prototype harness accessory

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 227-231

  Turner, Nina L ^a   Wassell, James T ^a   Whisler, Richard ^a   Zwiener, Joyce ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Orthostatic intolerance; Safety harness; Suspension trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FULL BODY HARNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 38849151086     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620801894386     Document Type: Article

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