Publications : Dr. Diana Schwerha

          INVITED PAPERS

• Schwerha, D.J. and McMullin, D.L. (2002). Prioritizing Ergonomic Research in Aging for the 21st Century American Workforce. International Journal of Experimental Aging Research, 28, 99-110.
  
  PUBLICATIONS
  
  
• Schwerha, D., Wiker, S., and Jaraiedi, M. (2007). Effect of Distractors, Age, and, Level of Education upon Psychomotor Task Learning. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 37, 801-809.
  
  
• Mallett, L., Schwerha, D., and Peters, R. (2006). What Difference Does Age Make? Part 3: Metal or Mine Injuries. Holmes Safety Bulletin, March/April, 8-15.
  
  
• Mallett, L., Schwerha, D., and Peters, R. (2006). What Difference Does Age Make? Part 2: Coal Mining Injuries. Holmes Safety Bulletin, Jan/Feb, 10-18.
  
  
• Kowalski-Trakofler, K., Steiner, L., Schwerha, D. (2005). Safety Considerations for the Aging Workforce. Journal of Safety Science, 43(10), 779-793.
  
  
• Schwerha, D, Mallett, L., Peters, R. (2005). What Difference Does Age Make? Part 1: Mining in all Commodities. Holmes Safety Bulletin, May/June, 9-16.
  
  
• Schwerha, D.J., Orr, C.S., Chen, B.T., and Soderholm, S.C. (2002). Direct-on-filter Analysis of Crystalline Silica Using Photoacoustic Fourier Transform-infrared Spectroscopy. Analytica Chimica Acta, 457, 257-264.
  
  
• Gao, P., Chen, B.T., Hearl, F.J., McCawley, M.A., Schwerha, D.J., Chen, W., Chen, J-Q., and Soderholm, S.C. (2000). Estimating Respirable Mass Concentrations from Historical Total Dust Measurements for Chinese Iron/Copper, Tin and Tungsten Miners, and Pottery Workers. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 44(4), 251-257.
  
  
• Gao, P., Chen, B.T., Chen, J-Q., Chen, W., Zhuang, Z., Hearl, F.J., Schwerha, D.J., McCawley, M.A. and Soderholm, S.C. (1999). Two Approaches to Converting Historical Mining Dust Exposures into Respirable Fraction Based on the Microscope Sizing Measurements. Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases, 17(3) , 1-16.
  
  PROCESS PUBLICATIONS
  
  
• Wiker, S., Schwerha, D. and Jaraiedi, M. (2007). Auditory and Visual Distractor Decrement in Older Worker Manual Assembly Task Learning: Impact of Spatial Reasoning, Field Independence and Level of Education. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing, in press.