Work related shoulder disorders: Quantitative exposure-response relations with reference to arm posture

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 844-853

  Svendsen, S W ^a   Bonde, J P ^a   Mathiassen, S E ^b   Stengaard Pedersen, K ^a   Frich, L H ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHOULDER INJURY; SHOULDER PAIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE; TENDINITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDINOPATHY;

UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 5044249114     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.010637     Document Type: Article

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