A Study on Upper Extremity Cumulative Trauma Disorder in Different Unorganised Sectors of West Bengal, India

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 351-357

  Gangopadhyay, Somnath ^a   Ray, Arpita ^a   Das, Avijit ^a   Das, Tamal ^a   Ghoshal, Goutam ^a   Banerjee, Prasun ^a   Bagchi, Sonchita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

CTD; India; Meat cutters; Tailors; Typists; VDT Operators; Weavers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; VIBRATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

PLOCEINAE;

EID: 0347362705     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.45.351     Document Type: Article

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