Musculoskeletal disorders among full-time homemakers in poor communities

Women and Health

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Habib, Rima R ^a   Hamdan, Monia ^a   Nuwayhid, Iman ^a   Odaymat, Fatma ^a   Campbell, Oona M R ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Currently married; Distress; Homemakers; Musculoskeletal disorders; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LEBANON; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBURBAN AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33646779145     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v42n02_01     Document Type: Article

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