Prevalence of work-related upper limbs symptoms (WRULS) among office workers

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-258

  Rahman, Zairina Abdul ^a   Atiya, Abdul Sallam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI SAINS ISLAM MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Computer user; Upper limbs symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; JOB STRESS; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MYALGIA; OFFICE WORKER; PREVALENCE; RECALL BIAS; RISK; WORK RELATED UPPER LIMB SYMPTOM;

EID: 67650688096     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509341423     Document Type: Article

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