Musculoskeletal disorders among staff in South Korea's largest nursing home

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-28

  Smith, Derek Richard ^a,b,c   Choi, Jae wook ^c   Ki, Myung ^c,d   Kim, Jae young ^c   Yamagata, Zentaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korea; Low back pain; Musculoskeletal disorders; Nursing home; Self reported

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0037360893     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02897940     Document Type: Article

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