Musculoskeletal symptoms in support staff in a large telecommunication company

Work

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-142

  Fagarasanu, Mircea ^a   Kumar, Shrawan ^b  

^a CITY OF EDMONTON   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal symptoms; Office work; Survey; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY REGIONS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; OFFICE WORKER; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SHOULDER PAIN; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STAFF; SUPPORT GROUP; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNIVERSITY; WRIST DISEASE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 33748484258     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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