Evaluation of risk factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders of upper limbs extremity among press workers

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 379-384

  Pourmahabadian, Mohammad ^a   Azam, Kamal ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; NMQ; Press workers; Risk factors; RULA; Upper extremity muscoluskeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ERGONOMICS; FOREARM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER PAIN; TRUNK; WORKPLACE; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 33845395845     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: 1682024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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