Attributable risk of carpal tunnel syndrome in the general population - Implications for intervention programs in the workplace

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 342-348

  Roquelaure, Yves ^a,b   Ha, Catherine ^c   Fouquet, Natacha ^a,c   Descatha, Alexis ^d   Leclerc, Annette ^d   Goldberg, Marcel ^c   Imbernon, Ellen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c French Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; CTS; Population attributable risk; Prevention; Work; Work related risk factor

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MANUFACTURING; NEUROLOGY; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONSTRUCTION WORK; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INTERVENTION STUDY; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; POPULATION ATTRIBUTABLE FRACTION; RISK FACTOR; WORKPLACE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STATISTICS;

FRANCE;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 70349897773     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1342     Document Type: Article

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