Self-reported musculoskeletal disorders among visiting and office home care workers

Women and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 1-35

  Zeytinoğlu, Işik Urla ^a,d   Denton, Margaret A ^b,d   Webb, Sharon ^b,d   Lian, Jason ^c,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Community and Social Services   (Canada)

^d McMaster Research Centre for the Promotion of Women's Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

Home care workers; Musculoskeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH VISITOR; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OFFICE WORKER; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER PAIN; STRESS; WORKLOAD;

CANADA; EXERTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OFFICE MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; STRESS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0034458767     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v31n02_01     Document Type: Article

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