Reliability assessment of a coding scheme for the physical risk factors of work-related musculoskeletal disorders

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 232-237

  Chen, Yiqun ^a   Meyer, John D ^a   Song, Jaechul ^a   McDonald, J Corbett ^a   Cherry, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Exposure assessment; Kappa; Occupational; Risk factors; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

RISK FACTOR;

ANKLE; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CODING AND CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW DISEASE; FOOT DISEASE; HAND; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANUAL LABOR; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; SPINE DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC SPINE; UNITED KINGDOM; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 0036675109     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.670     Document Type: Article

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