Prevalence of self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms among office workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 436-438

  Janwantanakul, Prawit ^a   Pensri, Praneet ^a   Jiamjarasrangsri, Viroj ^a   Sinsongsook, Thanes ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Samutprakarn Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal symptoms; Occupational diseases; Office workers; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; HEAD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OFFICE WORKER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKPLACE; WRIST;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 51749096121     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn072     Document Type: Article

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