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P-01* - Greenspan, C. A., Moure-Eraso, R., Wegman, David H., and Oliver, L. Occupational hygiene characterization of a highway construction project: A pilot study. Applied Occupational Environmental Hygiene10(1):50-53, 1995.

P-02 - Buchholz, B., Moir, S.M. and Virji, M.A. An ergonomic assessment of an operating engineer: A pilot study of excavator use. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 12 (1):23-27 1997.

P-03 - Buchholz, B., Paquet, V., Punnett, L., Lee, D., Moir, S.M. PATH: A work sampling-based approach to ergonomic job analysis for construction and other non-repetitive work. Applied Ergonomics 27(3):177-187, 1996.

P-04 - Moir, S., Buchholz, B. Emerging participatory approaches to ergonomic interventions in the construction industry. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 29(4):425-430, 1996.

P-05 - Buchholz, B. and Paquet, V., Reducing ergonomic hazards during highway construction: A case study of a tunnel ceiling panel assembly operation in ergonomics in clinical practice, edited by V. Rice, Butterworth-Heinemann, Newton, MA, 1998. Ergonomics in Health Care and Rehabilitation.
 
P-06 - Blute, N., Woskie, S., Greenspan, Cathy A. Exposure characterization for highway construction part one: Cut & Cover and tunnel finish stages. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 14(9):632-641, 1999
 
P-07 - Paquet, V., Punnett, L., Buchholz, B. An evaluation of manual materials handling in highway construction work. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics 24 (4):431-444 (1999).
 
P-08 - Schneider, S., Punnett, L., Cook, T. Ergonomics: Applying what we know. Pages 385-94 in: Ringen K, Englund A, Welch L, et al., eds., Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews 10(2), Construction Safety and Health, Philadelphia PA: Hanley & Belfus, Inc., 1995.
 
P-09 - Moir, S., Vogel, M., Buchholz, B. Hardhat ergonomists: a regional training strategy for identifying and reducing musculoskeletal hazards in construction. Implementation of Safety and Health on Construction Sites, edited by A. Singh, J. Hinze and R.J. Coble, pp.675-680, Balkema, Rotterdam. 1999.
 
P-10 - Punnett, L., and Paquet, V. Ergonomic exposures to carpenters and carpentry laborers in tunnel construction. In: A. Mital, et al., editors, Advances in Occupational Ergonomics and Safety I (proceedings of the XIth International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference), Amsterdam: IOS Press.1996.
 
P-11 - Buchholz, B., Moir, S., Garrett, J. Health Trak: A participatory approach for ergonomic improvement in construction. Implementation of Safety and Health on Construction Sites, edited by A. Singh, J. Hinze and R.J. Coble, pp. 711-716, Balkema, Rotterdam. 1999.
 
P-12 - Moir, S.,Paquet, V.,Punnett, L.,Buchholz,B. Making sense of Highway Construction: A Taxonomic Framework for ergonomic exposure assessment and intervention. by Applied Occupational and Evironmental Hygiene. Vol. 18(4): 256-267, 2003
 
P-13 - Park, J.S. Musculoskeletal problems among Construction workers. June 1998
 
P-14 - Forde, M.S. Prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in union ironworkers. Dept. of Work Environment, UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA, 2/22/00. Submitted to Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
 
P-15 - Virji, M.A., Bello, D., Woskie, S. R., Liu, X. M., Kalil, A., Analysis of Quartz by FT-IR in air samples of constuction dust. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 17(3): 165-175, 2002
 
P-16 - Woskie, S.R.;Kalil,A.J.;Bello,D.,Virji,M.A.: Exposures to quartz, diesel, dust, and welding fumes in heavy and highway construction. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 2002
 
P-17 - Bello, D.; virji, M.A.; Kalil, A., Woskie, S.R.: Quantification of respirable, thoracic and inhalable quartz by FT-IR in personal impactor samples from construction sites. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 17(8): 1-11, 2002
 
P-18 - Moir, S. Boston's Big Dig: Lessons from efforts to integrate occupational health goals into a large highway development project. Occupational Health and Development, No.4: 3-11, 2002
 
P-19 - Buchholz, B., Paquet, V., Wellman H., Forde, M.: Quantification of ergonomic hazards for ironworkers performing concrete reinforcement tasks during heavy highway construction. American Industrial Hygene Association Journal 64:243-250(2003)
 
P-20 - Kittusamy, N.K., Buchholz, B., An ergonomics evaluation of excacating operations: A pilot study. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 16(7): 723-726, 2001
 
P-21 - Moir, S.: Worker-centered approaches to OSH training for the future. Submitted to NIOSH, Proceedings of the National Conference on Workplace Safety and Health Training, July 1, 2002
 
P-22 - Kittusamy, K.N. Ergonomic Risk factors, A study of heavy earthmoving mochinery operators. ASSE Foundation Research, Professional Safety, October, 2002
 
P-23 - Goldenhar, Linda M., Hecker, S., Moir, S., Rosecrance, J.: The "Goldilocks model" of overtime in construction: not too much, not too little, but just right. Journal of Safety Research 34:215-226 (2003)
 
P-24 - Paquet, V.L., Punnett, L., Buchholz, B., Validity of fixed-interval observations for postural assessment in construction work. Applied Ergonomics 32(2001)215-224
 
P-25 - Forde, M.S., Punnett, L., Wegman, D., Pathomechanisms of work-related musculoskeletal disorders: conceptual issues, Ergonomics Vol. 45, No.9, 619-630.

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