Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorder among Workers in Taiwan: A Nationwide Study

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-36

  Guo, How Ran ^a   Chang, Ya Ching ^a   Yeh, Wen Yu ^b   Chen, Chun Wan ^b   Guo, Yueliang L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Back pain; Construction; Epidemiology; Metal industry; Musculoskeletal disorder; Neck pain; Shoulder pain

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAPER INDUSTRY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SANITATION; TAIWAN; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 1542347967     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.46.26     Document Type: Article

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