A follow-up study of welders' exposure to vibration in a heavy engineering production workshop

Journal of Low Frequency Noise Vibration and Active Control

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-39

  Burström, Lage ^a   Hagberg, Mats ^b   Liljeind, Ingrid ^a   Lundström, Ronnie ^c   Nilsson, Tohr ^d   Pettersson, Hans ^a   Wahlström, Jens ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

exposure; hand arm; measurement; Vibration; welders

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; MEASUREMENTS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

EXPOSURE; HAND ARMS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS; SUBJECTIVE RATING; VIBRATION; VIBRATION EXPOSURE; WELDERS;

WELDING;

EID: 77954366944     PISSN: 14613484     EISSN: 20484046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0263-0923.29.1.33     Document Type: Article

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