Musculoskeletal disorders among visual display terminal users in a telecommunications company

Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 1603-1621

  Hales, Thomas R ^a   Sauter, Steven L ^a   Peterson, Martin R ^a   Fine, Lawrence J ^a   Putz Anderson, Vern ^a   Schleifer, Larry R ^b   Ochs, Troy T ^c   Bernard, Bruce P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b Internal Revenue Service   (United States)

^c GE AVIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Job stress; Musculoskeletal disorders; Psychosocial factors; Telecommunications industry; Video display terminals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; ELBOW; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; NERVE COMPRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELECOMMUNICATION; TENDON INJURY; THYROID DISEASE; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; WORKPLACE; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 0028116441     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139408964940     Document Type: Article

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