Provisional Recommended Weight Limits for Manual Lifting During Pregnancy
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Provisional Recommended Weight Limits for Manual Lifting During Pregnancy
OBJECTIVE The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Revised Lifting Equation (RNLE) was adapted to derive recommended weight limits (RWLs) for pregnant workers and to develop corresponding guidelines for clinicians. BACKGROUND In the past three decades there has been a large increase in the number of women employed outside the home and remaining in the workforce during...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0018-7208,1547-8181
DOI: 10.1177/0018720813502223