Piecework, musculoskeletal pain and the impact of workplace psychosocial factors

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 430-437

  Lacey, Rosie J ^a   Lewis, Martyn ^a   Sim, Julius ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Health indicators; Musculoskeletal; Occupational stress; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34548482256     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm048     Document Type: Article

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