Ergonomics intervention in an Iranian television manufacturing industry

Work

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-263

  Motamedzade, M ^a   Mohseni, M ^b   Golmohammadi, R ^a   Mahjoob, H ^a  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Ministry of Sciences Research and Technology   (Iran)

Author keywords

assembly work; Musculoskeletal disorders; strain index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MATERIALS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; TELEVISION;

ADULT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TELEVISION; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956082864     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2011-1129     Document Type: Article

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