Work-related musculoskeletal health and social support

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-189

  Woods, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back; Coping; Disability retirement; Emotional support; Inequality; Musculoskeletal morbidity; Restricted activity; Sickness absence; Social support; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 18944398067     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi085     Document Type: Review

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