Direct observation of computer workplace risk factors of college students

Work

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-83

  Tullar, Jessica ^a   Amick III, Benjamin C ^a,b,c   Robertson, Michelle M ^d   Fossel, Anne H ^e   Coley, Chris ^f   Hupert, Nathaniel ^g   Jenkins, Mark ^b   Katz, Jeffrey N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Computing; Ergonomics; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; OBSERVATION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OBSERVATION; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; TEXAS; UNIVERSITIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33847267393     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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