Data collection costs in industrial environments for three occupational posture exposure assessment methods

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Trask, Catherine ^a,b   Mathiassen, Svend Erik ^a   Wahlström, Jens ^a,c   Heiden, Marina ^a   Rezagholi, Mahmoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Inclinometer; Observation; Posture; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84862751251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-89     Document Type: Article

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