Musculoskeletal problems of women bamboo workers in Madurai, India

42nd Annual Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Conference 2006, HFESA 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 79-84

  Parimalam, P ^a   Balakamakshi, K ^a   Ganguli, A K ^b  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY PART DISCOMFORTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS; SHOULDER PAIN; UPPER ARM; WOMEN WORKERS;

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH HAZARDS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; TOOLS; WEAVING;

BAMBOO;

EID: 84879816085     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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