Musculoskeletal problems among VDU workers in a Hong Kong bank

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 275-280

  Yu, I T S ^a,b   Wong, T W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Community Medicine   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bank workers; Hong Kong; Musculoskeletal problems; VDU

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HAND; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; WRIST;

EID: 0029778286     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/46.4.275     Document Type: Article

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