Upper extremity musculoskeletal symptoms among female office workers: Associations with video display terminal use and occupational psychosocial stressors

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-170

  Marcus, Michele ^a,b   Gerr, Fredric ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

musculoskeletal symptoms; office workers; psychosocial stress; video display terminals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OFFICE WORKER; OPERATOR; SHOULDER PAIN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; COMPUTER TERMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030056883     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199602)29:2<161::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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