Gender differences in musculoskeletal health of computer and mouse users in the Swedish workforce

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 608-613

  Ekman, A ^a   Andersson, A ^a   Hagberg, M ^a   Hjelm, E W ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computer mouse; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Psychosocial factors; Work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034508375     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/50.8.608     Document Type: Article

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