| Document ID (ISN) | 32215 |
| CIS number |
79-1776 |
| ISBN(s) |
3-88314-025-2 |
| Year |
1978 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Kvasnicka E.W., Radl G.W. |
| Title |
Workplace design for men over 40 - Anthropometric study to improve ergonomics and occupational safety aspects |
| Original title |
Gestaltung der Arbeitsumwelt von über 40jährigen Männern - Anthropometrische Erhebungen zur ergonomischen und sicherheitstechnischen Gestaltung [in German] |
| Bibliographic information |
Forschungsbericht Nr. 190, Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Unfallforschung, Postfach 17 02 02, 4600 Dortmund 17, Germany, (Fed.Rep.), 1978. 194p. Illus. 26 ref. Price: DM.22.00. |
| Abstract |
This study is timely: firstly, because the last anthropometric studies in the field were carried out some 15 years ago, and secondly, because men over 40 now constitute 45% of the active male workforce of the Federal Republic of Germany. The authors measured 36 body dimensions in accordance with DIN standard procedure in a sample of 817 men. Contents: methods; results in relation to age, regional variations and social variations; significance of the results for industrial anthropology and workplace design from the ergonomics and safety viewpoints. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
older workers; anthropometry; ergonomics; workplace design |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
report; Germany (Federal Republic of); geographical variables; age-linked differences; research |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Ergonomics and work organization
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Older workers
Anthropometry
Ergonomics
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