Reliability of job-title based physical work exposures for the upper extremity: Comparison to self-reported and observed exposure estimates

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 538-547

  Gardner, Bethany T ^a   Lombardi, David A ^b   Dale, Ann Marie ^a   Franzblau, Alfred ^c   Evanoff, Bradley A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LIFTING EFFORT; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; WRIST;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; LIFTING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; UPPER EXTREMITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 77955650702     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.044339     Document Type: Article

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