Evaluation of alternate category structures for the strain index: An empirical analysis

Human Factors

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 131-142

  Meyers, Alysha R ^a   Gerr, Fredric ^b   Fethke, Nathan B ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort study; epidemiology; ergonomics; musculoskeletal symptoms; Strain Index

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATE APPROACHES; COHORT STUDIES; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE REDUCTION; MANUFACTURING WORKERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYMPTOMS; RISK CLASSIFICATION; STRAIN INDEX;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERGONOMICS; MANUFACTURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RISK MANAGEMENT;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IOWA; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84893063482     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720813492548     Document Type: Article

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