Assessment of physical risk factors among artisans using occupational repetitive actions and Nordic questionnaire

International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Habibi, Ehsanollah ^a   Zare, Mohsen ^b   Haghi, Azam ^a   Habibi, Peymaneh ^a   Hassanzadeh, Akbar ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Ergonomic assessment; musculoskeletal disorders; Nordic questionnaire; occupational repetitive actions index

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026651687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22779183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2277-9183.110158     Document Type: Article

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