Surveillance of work-related musculoskeletal injuries among union carpenters

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 629-640

  Lipscomb, Hester J ^a   Dement, John M ^a   Loomis, Dana P ^b   Silverstein, Barbara ^c   Kalat, John ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c Department of Labor and Industries ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ANSI codes; Carpenters; Construction; Female workers; Musculoskeletal injury; Surveillance; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPENTER; CONTUSION; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; HAND INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NERVE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SPRAIN; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030699274     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199712)32:6<629::AID-AJIM9>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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