The healthy worker survivor effect in a study of neck muscle performance measures in call-centre operators

Work

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 399-406

  Osmotherly, Peter ^a   Attia, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effect modifiers; Neck pain; Occupational health; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SAMPLING ERROR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION CENTERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; TELEPHONE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33745187156     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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