Musculoskeletal pain in women working in small-scale agriculture in south Africa

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 202-209

  Naidoo, S ^a   Kromhout, H ^b   London, L ^c   Naidoo, R N ^a   Burdorf, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Musculoskeletal pain; Physical factors; Prevalence; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PAIN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849127744     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20662     Document Type: Article

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