Fish processing work: The impact of two sex dependent exposure profiles on musculoskeletal health

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 256-264

  Nordander, Catarina ^a   Ohlsson, Kerstina ^a   Balogh, Istvan ^a   Rylander, Lars ^a   Pålsson, Birgitta ^a   Skerfving, Staffan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal system; Sex; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ELBOW; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD PROCESSING; HAND; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0033021846     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.4.256     Document Type: Article

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