| Document ID (ISN) | 37189 |
| CIS number |
82-564 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0303-7657 - Revista brasileira de saúde ocupacional |
| Year |
1981 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Pinto J.A. |
| Title |
Applications of anthropometry in civil engineering work |
| Original title |
Aplicação da antropometria na construção civil [in Portuguese] |
| Bibliographic information |
Apr.-May-June 1981, Vol.9, No.34, p,48-73. Illus. 17 ref. |
| Abstract |
Study on the anthropometry of workers employed in the civil engineering and construction sector in Brazil: tables of height, width, length, circumference and other measurements of limbs and fingers, feet; reach distances; analysis of human joint mechanics and movements; work with hammers and saws; pushing wheelbarrows; manual digging with spades (proposals of ideal prototype models for each tool). Appended: table of 17 anthropological measurements of 59 workers. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Brazil; ergonomics; civil engineering; hand tools; anthropometry |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
hand saws; construction sites; reach distance; hand trucks; construction industry; body mechanics; hammers |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Ergonomics and work organization
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Ergonomics
Construction industry and civil engineering
Hand and portable tools
Anthropometry
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