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Combined effects of noise, vibration, and low temperature on the physiological parameters of labor employees

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العنوان: Combined effects of noise, vibration, and low temperature on the physiological parameters of labor employees
المؤلفون: Pao-Chiang Chao, Yow-Jer Juang, Chiou-Jong Chen, Yu-Tung Dai, Ching-Ying Yeh, Ching-Yao Hu
المصدر: Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, Vol 29, Iss 10, Pp 560-567 (2013)
بيانات النشر: Wiley, 2013.
سنة النشر: 2013
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine (General)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Cold stress, Combined effects, Hand–arm vibration, Noise, Medicine (General), R5-920
الوصف: Noise, vibration, and low temperature render specific occupational hazards to labor employees. The purpose of this research was to investigate the combined effects of these three physical hazards on employees' physiological parameters. The Taguchi experimental method was used to simulate different exposure conditions caused by noise, vibration, and low temperature, and their effects on the physiological parameters of the test takers were measured. The data were then analyzed using statistical methods to evaluate the combined effects of these three factors on human health. Results showed that the factor that influenced the finger skin temperature, manual dexterity, and mean artery pressure (MAP) most was air temperature, and exposure time was the second most influential factor. Noise was found to be the major factor responsible for hearing loss; in this case, hand–arm vibration and temperature had no effect at all. During the study, the temperature was confined in the 5–25°C range (which was not sufficient to study the effects at extremely high- and low-temperature working conditions) because the combined effects of even two factors were very complicated. For example, the combined effects of hand–arm vibration and low temperature might lead to occupational hazards such as vibration-induced white finger syndrome in working labors. Further studies concerning the occupational damage caused by the combined effects of hazardous factors need to be conducted in the future.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1607-551X
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X13000715; https://doaj.org/toc/1607-551X
DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2013.03.004
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/96804a55cea54626ad9c2b8f06a8c6a6
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.96804a55cea54626ad9c2b8f06a8c6a6
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:1607551X
DOI:10.1016/j.kjms.2013.03.004