Prevention of physiological and psychological stress at workplace

Proceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Conference 2007, ESREL 2007 - Risk, Reliability and Societal Safety

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1275-1281

  Tint, P ^a   Jarvis M ^a   Reinhold, K ^a   Tuulik, V ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH RISKS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; RELIABILITY; STRAIN; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CALCULATION METHODS; MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLINGS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESSES; PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESSES; WORK ENVIRONMENTS; WORKPLACE DESIGNS;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 56149084139     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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