Musculoskeletal problems among workers of an Iranian rubber factory

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 418-423

  Choobineh, Alireza ^a   Tabatabaei, Sayed Hamidreza ^a   Mokhtarzadeh, Abbas ^a   Salehi, Maryam ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal disorders; QEC; Rubber factory

Indexed keywords

RUBBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBSERVATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; IRAN; LIFTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OBSERVATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RUBBER; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 37549014528     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.49.418     Document Type: Article

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