Assessment of physical activity at workplaces

Contemporary Ergonomics 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 400-405

  Weber, Britta ^a   Hermanns, Ingo ^a   Ellegast, Rolf P ^a   Kleinert, Jens ^b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR ARBEITSSCHUTZ DER DEUTSCHEN GESETZLICHEN UNFALLVERSICHERUNG IFA   (Germany)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY MONITORING; COMPUTER BASED MEASUREMENTS; HEART RATES; LONG TERM ANALYSIS; MEASURING SYSTEMS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; PA INTENSITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL DEMANDS;

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 76649114838     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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