Validity of questionnaire self-reports on computer, mouse and keyboard usage during a four-week period

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 541-547

  Mikkelsen, Sigurd ^a,b   Vilstrup, Imogen ^c   Lassen, Christina Funch ^b   Kryger, Ann Isabel ^b   Thomsen, Jane Frølund ^b   Andersen, Johan Hviid ^c  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGEISM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER MOUSE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KEYBOARD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ARM; COMPUTERS; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 34547572179     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.026351     Document Type: Article

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