Results of Finnish national survey on EU legislation concerning computer work

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 542-548

  Niskanen, Toivo ^a   Lehtelä, Jouni ^b   Ketola, Ritva ^b   Nykyri, Erkki ^b  

^a Sosiaali ja terveysministerio   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computer; Directive.; Effect; Ergonomics; EU; Health; Legislation; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTERS; COSTS; ERGONOMICS; EUROPIUM; EYEGLASSES; GLASS; HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; SURVEYS;

DIRECTIVE; EFFECT; EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE; ITS APPLICATIONS; NATIONAL SURVEYS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE; QUANTITATIVE METHOD;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; ERGONOMICS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77950368092     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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