Child labor and musculoskeletal disorders: The pelotas (Brazil) epidemiological survey

Public Health Reports

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 665-674

  Fassa, Anaclaudia Gastal ^a,b   Facchini, Luiz Augusto ^a,b   Mór Dall'Agnol, Marinel ^c   Christiani, David C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c Health Office of Pelotas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACKACHE; BODY POSTURE; BONE PAIN; BRAZIL; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; COMPUTER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY; GENDER; HAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNEE PAIN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; NECK PAIN; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT; TELEVISION; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; WRIST;

EID: 28744442174     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 00333549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490512000615     Document Type: Review

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