Development and evaluation of an observational Back-Exposure Sampling Tool (Back-EST) for work-related back injury risk factors

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 538-544

  Village, J ^a   Trask, C ^a   Luong, N ^a   Chow, Y ^a   Johnson, P ^b   Koehoorn, M ^a   Teschke, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Back injury; Exposure assessment; Observational analysis; Posture assessment

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; HEALTH RISKS;

BACK INJURIES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; INTRACLASS CORRELATIONS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANUAL MATERIALS HANDLING; OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS; PEARSON CORRELATION; POSTURE ASSESSMENT;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

BACK INJURIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 60149093999     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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