Interview versus questionnaire for assessing physical loads in the population-based MUSIC-Norrtalje study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 441-455

  Wiktorin, Christina ^a,b,d   Vingard, Eva ^a,b,c   Mortimer, Monica ^a,b   Pernold, Gunilla ^a,b   Wigaeus Hjelm, Ewa ^c   Kilbom, Asa ^c   Alfredsson, Lars ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Epidemiology; Ergonomics; Interview; Manual handling; Misclassification; Musculoskeletal; Questionnaire; Validity; Work posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK INJURY; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SHOULDER INJURY; SHOULDER PAIN; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SHOULDER PAIN; SPORTS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032964131     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199905)35:5<441::AID-AJIM1>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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