Work-related musculoskeletal disorders in Norway's offshore petroleum industry

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-117

  Morken, Tone ^a   Mehlum, Ingrid Sivesind ^b   Moen, Bente E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Exposure; Musculoskeletal disorders; Occupational; Petroleum industry

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; LEG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SPINE DISEASE; WALKING; WORKLOAD;

HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PETROLEUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847640497     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql154     Document Type: Article

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