Prevalence of upper limb musculo skeletal disorders among brass metal workers in West Bengal, India

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 365-370

  Gangopadhyay, Somnath ^a   Ghosh, Tirthankar ^a   Das, Tamal ^a   Ghoshal, Coutam ^a   Das, Bani Brata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Brass metal workers; Grip strength; Musculo skeletal disorders; Repetitiveness; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; HAND; HAND PARESTHESIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; WRIST;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COPPER; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; ZINC;

EID: 34249058715     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.365     Document Type: Article

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