Musculoskeletal disorders among Chinese medical students

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 139-146

  Smith, Derek R ^a   Wei, Ning ^b   Ishitake, Tatsuya ^c   Wang, Rui Sheng ^a  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Low back pain; Medical student; Musculoskeletal disorder; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33645758245     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.52.139     Document Type: Article

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