Upper extremities, neck and back symptoms in office employees working at computer stations;Dolegliwości ze strony kończyn górnych, szyi i pleców u osób wykonujących pracę biurową z użyciem komputera

Medycyna Pracy

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 359-367

  Zejda, Jan E ^a   Bugajska, Joanna ^b   Kowalska, Małgorzata ^a   Krzych, Łukasz ^c   Mieszkowska, Marzena ^b   Brozek, Grzegorz ^a   Braczkowska, Bogumiła ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny nr 7 ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Computers; Cross sectional study; Musculoskeletal diseases; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER TERMINAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLAND; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; BACK PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER TERMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POLAND; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049113387     PISSN: 04655893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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