Upper arm postures and movements in female hairdressers across four full working days

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 584-594

  Wahlström, Jens ^a,b   Mathiassen, Svend Erik ^b   Liv, Per ^b   Hedlund, Pernilla ^a   Ahlgren, Christina ^c   Forsman, Mikael ^d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ergonomic epidemiology; exposure variability

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; RANDOM PROCESSES;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE VARIABILITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; RESTRICTED MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; SEPARATE ANALYSIS; SOURCES OF VARIATION; TASK BASED APPROACH; VARIANCE COMPONENTS;

SALES;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAIRDRESSER; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ARM; BARBERING; BIOMECHANICS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTURE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929471282     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meq028     Document Type: Article

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