Psychosocial factors and musculoskeletal disorders in the construction industry

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 267-277

  Sobeih, Tarek ^a   Salem, Ossama ^b   Genaidy, Ash ^b   Abdelhamid, Tariq ^c   Shell, Richard ^b  

^a SC Nephrology and Hypertension Center Inc   (United States)

^b 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Construction industry; Injuries; Occupational health; Occupational safety

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; CONSTRUCTION WORKS; HEALTH AND SAFETIES; INJURIES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ON-SITE SURVEYS; PERFORMANCE FACTORS; PHYSICAL NATURES; PHYSICAL RISK FACTORS; PSYCHO-SOCIAL FACTORS; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 62549141824     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2009)135:4(267)     Document Type: Article

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