Back pain of working pregnant women: Identification of associated occupational factors

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 419-423

  Cheng, Pei Lai ^a   Pantel, Martin ^a   Smith, J Terry ^a   Dumas, Geneviève A ^a   Leger, Andy B ^a   Plamondon, André ^b   McGrath, Michael J ^a   Tranmer, Joan E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ROBERT SAUVÉ EN SANTÉ ET EN SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back pain; Ergonomics; Occupational; Pregnancy; Risk factor; Survey; Work design

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; JOB ANALYSIS; OBSTETRICS; SURVEYING;

BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; WORK DESIGN;

SURVEYS;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONTARIO; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 60149100011     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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