Evaluating ergonomic stresses in North Carolina commercial crab pot and gill net fishermen.

There are challenges in evaluating physical demands of commercial fishing, including identifying sources of exposure variability. Low back biomechanical stresses associated with crab pot and gill net fishing were estimated; the variability was partitioned between and within fishing type, crew size,...

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Published in:Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 182 - 197
Main Authors: Kucera KL, Mirka GA, Loomis D, Marshall SW, Lipscomb HJ, Daniels J
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2008
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