Pain and occupational risk factors in textile industry workers

Pain Clinic

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-223

  Korkmaz, Nilüfer Cetişli ^a   Kirdi, Nuray ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Musculo skeletal pain; Occupational risk factors; Textile industry workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PACKAGING; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0141569052     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856903767650727     Document Type: Article

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