Work organization and muscoloskeletal injuries among a cohort of health care workers

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 285-293

  Koehoorn, Mieke ^a,b   Demers, Paul A ^a   Hertzman, Clyde ^a   Village, Judy ^a   Kennedy, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back injury; Cohort study; Epidemiology; Health personnel; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORKLOAD; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; AGED; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WORK; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33748342706     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1012     Document Type: Article

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