| Document ID (ISN) | 108581 |
| CIS number |
08-1226 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1251-9200 - Travail & changement |
| Year |
2004 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Rouilleault H., Guérin F., Gilles M., Molinié A.F., Rousseau T., Rogez I. |
| Title |
Reducing work strenuousness |
| Original title |
Réduire la pénibilité au travail [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Feb.-Mar. 2004, No.294, p.1-15 (whole issue). Illus. Bibl.ref. |
| Internet access |
http://www.actal.aract.fr/RessourcesSite/TC/TC294.pdf [in French]
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| Abstract |
Collection of articles on work strenuousness. Topics addressed: forms and sources of strenuous work (repetitive physical efforts, exposure to heat or noise, work schedules and speed of work); negotiations on strenuousness in the context of changes to the law on retirement; opinions of various experts on issues including the definition of strenuousness, strenuousness indicators, the relationship between strenuousness and age, and the prevention of strenuous working conditions; evaluation of strenuousness among garbage collectors, women office workers and in the automobile industry; ageing and strenuousness; main points to consider with respect to the prevention of strenuous working conditions; further reading. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
noise level; heavy work; physical workload; hot workplaces; exposure evaluation; plant safety and health organization; conditions of work |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
older workers; refuse collection; legal aspects; France; repetitive work; thermal environment; office work; measurement of physical workload; women; age-linked differences; work time schedules |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational physiology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
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| Browse category(ies) |
Older workers
Noise
Heat and cold
Exposure evaluation
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