Work-organisational and personal factors associated with upper body musculoskeletal disorders among sewing machine operators

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 806-813

  Wang, Pin Chieh ^a,b   Rempel, David M ^c   Harrison, Robert J ^d   Chan, Jacqueline ^e   Ritz, Beate R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Public Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OPERATOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICAL EXERTION; REST; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; UPPER EXTREMITY; WORK;

EID: 36749028891     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.029140     Document Type: Article

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