A four-year follow-up study of physical working conditions and perceived mental and physical strain among food industry workers

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 586-591

  Neupane, Subas ^a   Virtanen, Pekka ^a   Luukkaala, Tiina ^a,b   Siukola, Anna ^a   Nygård, Clas Håkan ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Ergonomic factors; Food factory

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION;

BLUE COLLAR WORKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD FACTORIES; FOOD INDUSTRIES; OLDER WORKERS; PHYSICAL STRAINS;

FOOD PROCESSING;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL STRESS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ERGONOMIC FACTORS; FOOD FACTORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXERTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84892847615     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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