Upper limb work-related musculoskeletal disorders among newspaper employees: Cross-sectional survey results

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 620-628

  Polanyi, Michael F D ^a   Cole, Donald C ^a,b   Beaton, Dorcas E ^a,c,d   Chung, Jinjoo ^a   Wells, Richard ^e   Abdolell, Mohamed ^a   Beech Hawley, Lisa ^e   Ferrier, Sue E ^a   Mondloch, Michael V ^a   Shields, Susanne A ^a   Smith, Jonathan M ^a   Shannon, Harry S ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arm; Cross sectional survey; Hand; Human factors ergonomics; Neck; Occupational diseases; Pain; Repetitive strain injury; Shoulder; VDTs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CANADA; EMPLOYEE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PUBLISHING; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

ADULT; ARM; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PUBLISHING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030686604     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199712)32:6<620::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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