Sickness absence for upper limb disorders in a French company

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 506-508

  d'Almeida, Kayigan Wilson ^a   Godard, Catherine ^b   Leclerc, Annette ^a   Lahon, Gérard ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Industry; Rotator cuff; Sickness absence; Upper limb disorder

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; AGE; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DE QUERVAIN TENOSYNOVITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPICONDYLITIS; FEMALE WORKER; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEUROPATHY; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TENDINITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949148000     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn084     Document Type: Article

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