Validity of a questionnaire for assessing occupational activities

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 422-426

  Campbell, Lesley ^a   Pannett, Brian ^a   Egger, Peter ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^a   Coggon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

lifting; physical activity; questionnaire; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DATA ANALYSIS; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0030936204     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199704)31:4<422::AID-AJIM7>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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