Musculoskeletal disorders and psychosocial risk factors among veterinarians in queensland, Australia

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 260-265

  Smith, D R ^a,b   Leggat, P A ^a,b   Speare, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Musculoskeletal disorders; Psychosocial risk factors; Veterinarians; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERINARIANS;

EID: 67949118806     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2009.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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