Musculoskeletal symptoms in relation to work exposures at call centre companies in Sweden

Work

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-214

  Norman, Kerstin ^a   Floderus, Birgitta ^a,b   Hagman, Maud ^a   Toomingas, Allan ^a,b   Tornqvist, Ewa Wigaeus ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Call centre; Physical exposure; Psychosocial exposure; Symptoms; Work characteristics and management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SERVICE; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER PAIN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION CENTERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 42149167261     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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