Risk factors for neck and shoulder disorders: A nested case - Control study covering a 24-year period

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 516-528

  Fredriksson, Kerstin ^a,b   Alfredsson, Lars ^b   Thorbjrnsson, Carina Bildt ^a   Punnett, Laura ^c   Toomingas, Allan ^a   Torgn, Margareta ^a   Kilbom, Åsa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Interaction; Leisure activities; Neck disorders; Physical load; Shoulder disorders; Smoking; Work related morbidity

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL STRESS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER INJURY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FINGERS; HAND; HUMAN; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033771733     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0274(200011)38:5<516::AID-AJIM4>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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