Assessment and prediction of industrial workers’ fatigue in an overhead assembly job

South African Journal of Industrial Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 164-175

  Binoosh, S A ^a,b   Mohan, G M ^b   Bijulal, D ^a  

^a APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University   (India)

^b PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH;

BODY MASS INDEX; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; FATIGUE LEVEL; INDUSTRIAL WORKERS; SWEDISH OCCUPATIONAL FATIGUE INVENTORIES; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 85020004072     PISSN: 1012277X     EISSN: 22247890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7166/28-1-1697     Document Type: Article

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