Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
INDEXCONTENTS - volume 27, suppl 2, 2001Abbreviations 3 Summary 5 Introduction 5 Background and purpose 6 Historical perspective 9 Selection of standards and guidelines 9 Inclusion criteria 9 Target area and subdivision of standards 9 Information retrieval 10 Presentation of standards 10 General ergonomic standards 16 Guidelines for manual materials handling 16 Guidelines based on the NIOSH lifting equation 21 Other guidelines 21 Guidelines for repetition, force or posture in monotonous, repetitive work 26 Vibration standards 28 Guidelines for energy consumption 30 Guidelines for specific industries 32 Acute overload guidelines 33 Evaluation 33 Evaluation criteria 34 Evaluation 35 Quantitative standards 39 Process-type standards 42 Discussion 45 Present status in the Nordic countries 45 Sweden 46 Norway 46 Finland 47 Denmark 48 Conclusions and recommendations: what should be implemented? 49 Acknowledgments 50 References
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