Priority risk factors for back injury in agricultural field work: Vineyard ergonomics

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 431-448

  Meyers, James M ^a   Miles, John A ^b   Faucett, Julia ^c   Janowitz, Ira ^d   Tejeda, Diana G ^b   Weber, Ed ^e   Smith, Rhonda ^e   Garcia, Linda ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UC Cooperative Extension ^*  (United States)

^e UC Cooperative Extension   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculturalworkers; Back injury; Ergonomic risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023790414     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v09n02_28     Document Type: Article

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