Do workers with self-reported symptoms have an elevated risk of developing upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders three years later?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-207

  Descatha, A ^a,b,e   Chastang, J F ^a   Cyr, D ^a   Leclerc, A ^a   Roquelaure, Y ^c   Evanoff, B ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 40149085879     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.033357     Document Type: Article

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