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The occupational ergonomics handbook. Fundamentals and assessment tools for occupational ergonomics / edited by William S. Marras, Waldemar Karwowski.
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
2nd ed.
Published/Created
Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006.
Description
1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) : illustrations
Availability
Available Online
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Subject(s)
Human engineering
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Industrial hygiene
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Human engineering
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Related name
Marras, William S. (William Steven), 1952-
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Karwowski, Waldemar, 1953-
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Handbooks and manuals
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handbooks
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Series
Occupational Ergonomics Handbook, Second Edition.
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The Occupational Ergonomics Handbook, Second Edition
Summary note
Part 1 introduces the discipline and profession of ergonomics, including the systems approach and human-centered design, quality management, risk theory in human-machine systems, legal issues, cost justification for implementing ergonomics, interventions, as well as professional certification and education issues. Part 2 focuses on ergonomics assessment methods and tools and their validity.
Notes
Revised edition of: The occupational ergonomics handbook. CRC Press, 1999.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Print version record.
Language note
English.
Contents
A guide to certification in professional ergonomics
Magnitude of occupationally-related musculoskeletal disorders
Legal issues in occupational ergonomics
Cost justification for implementing ergonomics intervention
Humans in work system environment
Human factors and TQM
User-centered design of information technology
Application of risk theory in man-machine-environment systems
Engineering anthropometry
Human strength evaluation
Biomechanical basis for ergonomics
Fundamentals of manual control
Cumulative spine loading
Low-level static exertions
Soft-tissue pathomechanics
Mechanisms for pain and injury in musculoskeletal disorders
Ergonomics and aging
Vision and work
Individual factors and musculoskeletal disorders
Rehabilitating low back disorders
Human adaptation in the workplace
Rehabilitation ergonomics
Visual, tactile, and multimodal information processing
Applying cognitive psychology to system development
The role personality in ergonomics
Psychosocial work factors
Biomechanical modeling of the shoulder
Application of ergonomics to the low back
Application of ergonomics to the legs
Application of ergonomics of the foot
Noise in industry
Shiftwork
Vibrometry
Overview of ergonomic assessment
Low back injury risk assessment tools
Cognitive task analysis, a review
Subjective scales of effort and workload assessment
Rest allowances
Wrist posture in office work
PLIBEL, a method assigned for identification of ergonomics hazards
The ACGIH TLV for hand activity level
REBA and RULA : whole body and upper limb rapid assessment tools
An assessment technique for postural loading on the upper body (LUBA)
The Washington State SHARP approach to exposure assessment
Upper extremity analysis of the wrist
Revised NIOSH lifting equation
Psychophysical approach to task analysis
Static biomechanical modeling in manual lifting
Industrial lumbar motion monitor
The ACGIH TLV for low back risk.
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Fundamentals and assessment tools for occupational ergonomics
ISBN
1420003631 ((electronic bk.))
9781420003635 ((electronic bk.))
0429123426
9780429123429
1280516933
9781280516931
9786610516933
6610516936
OCLC
244637066
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The occupational ergonomics handbook. Fundamentals and assessment tools for occupational ergonomics / edited by William S. Marras, Waldemar Karwowski.
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The occupational ergonomics handbook. Interventions, controls, and applications in occupational ergonomics / edited by William S. Marras, Waldemar Karwowski.
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