Incidence and suspected cause of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, United Kingdom, 1996-2001

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 406-413

  Chen, Yiqun ^a,d   McDonald, J Corbett ^b   Cherry, Nicola M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back; Lower limb; Musculoskeletal; Surveillance; Upper limb; Work related

Indexed keywords

ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; KEYBOARD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NERVE COMPRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; OFFICE WORKER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM; WEIGHT LIFTING; WORKLOAD;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONS; RHEUMATOLOGY; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 33749622126     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql040     Document Type: Article

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