Head-and-face anthropometric survey of Chinese workers

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 773-782

  Du, Lili ^a   Zhuang, Ziqing ^b   Guan, Hongyu ^c   Xing, Jingcai ^d   Tang, Xianzhi ^e   Wang, Limin ^a   Wang, Zhenglun ^a   Wang, Haijiao ^a   Liu, Yuewei ^a   Su, Wenjin ^a   Benson, Stacey ^f   Gallagher, Sean ^b   Viscusi, Dennis ^b   Chen, Weihong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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

^c Hospital of Wugang Daye Iron Mine Company   (China)

^d Central Hospital of Xishan Coal and Power Company   (China)

^e CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f EG&G   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometric survey; Ergonomics; Face dimensions; Respirator sizing

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC DIMENSIONS; ANTHROPOMETRIC SURVEY; BODY MASS INDICES; BODY SIZES; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; FACE DIMENSIONS; FACE WIDTHS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENTS; REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS; RESPIRATOR SIZING; STRATIFIED SAMPLINGS; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ERGONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORS; SURVEYS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROUPS BY SEX; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MINER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEPHALOMETRY; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 60249090621     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men056     Document Type: Article

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