Milking is a high-risk job for young females

Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-104

  Stål, Marianne ^a,c   Moritz, Ulrich ^b   Gustafsson, Bengt ^a   Johnsson, Birgitta ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Box 945 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

agriculture; female milkers; hands; musculoskeletal disorders; upper extremities; wrists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILKING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; WRIST DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NURSES' AIDES; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029931292     PISSN: 00365505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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