Temporary threshold shifts (TTS) of fingertip vibrotactile perception thresholds from hand-held tool vibration exposures at working surface

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 693-696

  Maeda, Setsuo ^a   Shibata, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frequency weighting method; Hand arm vibration; ISO standard; TTS; Working surface

Indexed keywords

RAILROAD CAR EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; STANDARDS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); VIBRATORS;

FREQUENCY-WEIGHTING METHOD; HAND-ARM VIBRATION; ISO STANDARD; TTS; WORKING SURFACE;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND ARM VIBRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOUCH; VIBRATION SENSE;

EID: 50849122042     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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