Ergonomic stressors and upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders in automobile manufacturing: A one year follow up study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 668-674

  Punnett, L ^a   Gold, J ^a   Katz, J N ^b   Gore, R ^a   Wegman, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 3242892759     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.008979     Document Type: Article

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