Work exposure, injuries, and musculoskeletal discomfort among children and adolescents in dairy farming

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-21

  Chapman, Larry J ^a   Taveira, Alvaro D ^b   Karsh, Ben Tzion ^c   Josefsson, K Gunnar ^d   Newenhouse, Astrid C ^a   Meyer, Robert H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^c Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^d Orion Agricultural Lighting   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Child labor; Dairy production; Injury control; Musculoskeletal discomfort; Occupational health; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CHILD; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WISCONSIN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 60749122776     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10599240802612463     Document Type: Article

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