A participatory approach to the study of lifting demands and musculoskeletal symptoms among Hong Kong workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 730-738

  Yeung, S ^a   Genaidy, A ^b   Deddens, J ^b   Shoaf, C ^b   Leung, P C ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141859900     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.10.730     Document Type: Article

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