Manufacture of upholstered furniture and work-related upper limb musculoskeletal disorders: An industrial sector prevention project;Produzione del mobile imbottito: Un progetto di ricerca finalizzato alla prevenzione delle patologie da sovraccarico biomeccanico degli arti superiori. Presentazione delle caratteristiche del comparto

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 250-261

  Di Leone, G ^a   Carino, Mauro ^a,d   Nicoletti, S ^b   Trani, G ^a   Ambrosi, L ^c  

^a ASL Bari   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

^d Medicina del Lavoro ASL BA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal disorders; Upholstered furniture industry; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; BIOENGINEERING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; EVALUATION; FAMILY LEAVE; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; ITALY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PARENTAL LEAVE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49149098401     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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