Upper extremity pain and computer use among engineering graduate students: A replication study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-123

  Menéndez, Cammie Chaumont ^a,g   Amick, Benjamin C ^a,b   Jenkins, Mark ^c   Caroom, Cyrus ^a,d   Robertson, Michelle ^e   Harrist, Ronald B ^a   Katz, Jeffrey N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g MS1811 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Computer use; Graduate students; Musculoskeletal; Replication study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UPPER EXTREMITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 59449096217     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20660     Document Type: Article

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