Perceived demands and Musculoskeletal Disorders in Operating Room nurses of Shiraz city hospitals

Industrial Health

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-84

  Choobineh, Alireza ^a   Movahed, Mehrnoosh ^b   Tabatabaie, Sayed Hamidreza ^a   Kumashiro, Masaharu ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal symptoms; Operation room nurses; Perceived demands; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249096402     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.48.74     Document Type: Article

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