Risk factors for the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among chinese foundry workers

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-204

  Lei, Ling ^a   Dempsey, Patrick G ^a   Xu, Jian Guo ^b   Ge, Lin Na ^a   Liang, You Xin ^a  

^a School of Public Health   (China)

^b Cixi Munic Ctr Dis Contr Prev   (China)

Author keywords

Ergonomic assessment; Foundry; Musculoskeletal disorders; Nordic questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ERGONOMICS; FOUNDRY PRACTICE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION;

MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYMPTOMS; RISK FACTORS; VIBRATING TOOLS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOUNDRY; HIGH SCHOOL; HISTORY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; STANDARDIZATION; VIBRATION; WORK; WORKER;

EID: 12844264747     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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