Self-reported workplace related ergonomic conditions as prognostic factors for musculoskeletal symptoms: The "BIT" follow up study on office workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 188-194

  Juul Kristensen, B ^a   Jensen, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OFFICE WORKER; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; POSTURE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 14544270517     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.013920     Document Type: Article

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