Musculoskeletal disorders in visual display unit work: Gender and work demands

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-124

  Punnett, Laura ^a   Bergqvist, Ulf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER TERMINAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

COMPUTER TERMINALS; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33749194250     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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