Ergonomics of cow milking in Sweden

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 169-176

  Lundqvist, Peter ^a   Stål, Marianne ^a   Pinzke, Stefan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ergonomics; Milking; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010530345     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v04n01_21     Document Type: Article

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