Describing the burden of upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders in newspaper workers: What difference do case definitions make?

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-53

  Beaton, Dorcas E ^a,b   Cole, Donald C ^a,c   Manno, Michael ^a   Bombardier, Claire ^a,b   Hogg Johnson, Sheilah ^a,b   Shannon, Harry S ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burden; Classification; Disability survey; Questionnaire; Repetition strain injury

Indexed keywords

ARM DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REVIEW;

EID: 0034047460     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009489712094     Document Type: Review

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