Factors associated with self-estimated work ability and musculoskeletal symptoms among male and female workers in cooled food-processing facilities

Industrial Health

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-282

  Sormunen, Erja ^a,b   Remes, Jouko ^b   Hassi, Juhani ^a   Pienimäki, Tuomo ^b   Rintamäki, Hannu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cold ambient temperature; Food processing industry; Gender; Musculoskeletal symptom; Work ability

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; COLD; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; GENDER; HEALTH; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; NECK; NECK PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; TIME; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; WORK; WORK CAPACITY; WORKER; WORKPLACE; WRIST; WRIST DISEASE; WRIST PAIN;

ADULT; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 68549101566     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.47.271     Document Type: Article

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