Musculoskeletal symptoms among commercial fishers in North Carolina

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 417-426

  Lipscomb, Hester J ^a   Loomis, Dana ^b   McDonald, Mary Anne ^a   Kucera, Kristen ^b   Marshall, Stephen ^b,c,d   Li, Leiming ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort; Disorders; Fishermen; Fishers; Longitudinal study; Musculoskeletal symptoms

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ETHNOGRAPHIC INTERVIEWS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYMPTOMS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHERMAN; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 3042758688     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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