Musculoskeletal symptoms among poultry processing workers and a community comparison group: Black women in low-wage jobs in the rural South

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 327-338

  Lipscomb, H J ^a   Epling, C A ^a   Pompeii, L A ^b   Dement, J M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Community based research; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Occupational health and safety; Poultry processing; Upper extremity disorders; Women's health; Work related

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; NEGRO; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POULTRY FARMING; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34249015972     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20447     Document Type: Article

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