Musculoskeletal symptoms among energy distribution network linemen;Sintomas musculoesquelÉticos em eletricistas de rede de distribuiç;ão de energia

Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-129

  Moriguchi, C S ^a,c   Alencar, J F ^b   Miranda Junior L C ^a   Coury, H J C G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Distribution linemen; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Risk factors; WMSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 69149088053     PISSN: 14133555     EISSN: 18099246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-35552009005000015     Document Type: Article

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