The Effect of Manual Harvesting of Fruit on the Health of Workers and the Quality of the Obtained Produce

Procedia Manufacturing

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 1712-1719

  Młotek, Małgorzata ^a   Kuta, Łukasz ^a   Stopa, Roman ^a   Komarnicki, Piotr ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apple; Electromyography; Manual harvesting; Surface pressures; Tekscan

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009989741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23519789     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.494     Document Type: Conference Paper

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