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Document ID (ISN)65840
CIS number 95-2082
ISBN(s) 3-89429-579-1
Year 1994
Convention or series no. Tb 5
Author(s)
Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsmedizin
Title Medical aspects of modern office work
Original title Arbeitsmedizinische Aspekte der modernen Büroarbeit [in German]
Bibliographic information Wirtschaftsverlag NW, Verlag für neue Wissenschaft GmbH., Postfach 10 11 10, Am Alten Hafen 113-115, 2850 Bremerhaven 1, Germany, 1994. 142p. Illus. Bibl.ref. Price: DEM 27.00.
Abstract Proceedings of a workshop in Germany, held on 10 September 1994. The subjects covered were: visual strain by work on computers, electromagnetic fields, harmful substances, noise, lighting and climate in the office, the problems of sedentary work, subjectively perceived stress caused by work on computers, the causes and symptoms of the sick building syndrome, the occurrence of musculoskeletal diseases, tasks and workload in the modern office.
Descriptors (primary) office work; offices
Descriptors (secondary) formaldehyde; repetitive strain injury; sedentary work; work organization; noise; ozone; electromagnetic fields; visual tasks; harmful substances; sitting posture; visual display terminals; musculoskeletal diseases; social climate; sick building syndrome; conference; lighting
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceGermany
Subject(s) Commerce, services, offices
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Sick building syndrome
Office work