TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - Health effects of vibration in agriculture - Pilot for an epidemiological study
JO  - International journal of industrial ergonomics
A1  - Robertson, Neville
A1  - Gardner, L.
SP  - 331
EP  - 340
VL  - 10
IS  - 4
N2  - A pilot study has been conducted to prepare for an epidemiological study into the effects of vibration on tractor drivers. The reason for the study is that, despite a large volume of existing data on health and vibration (over 43,000 exposed workers having been studied) there is still no good basis for estimating dose-response relationships between vibration and health. There have been three main difficulties: - - Many studies have not measured vibration, or have not measured it thoroughly enough.- - Confounding variables such as posture have not been entirely controlled for, because well-matched control groups do not exist.- - Health data have tended to be binary incidence data rather than continuous scale data, reducing the sensitivity of the studies. The pilot study has produced procedures to overcome these difficulties.<p />
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SN  - 0169-8141
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -