Occupational factors related to shoulder pain and disability

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 316-321

  Pope, Daniel P ^a   Croft, Peter R ^b   Pritchard, Christina M ^a   Silman, Alan J ^a   Macfarlane, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER PAIN; STRESS; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0030917978     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.5.316     Document Type: Article

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