Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among nurses in Ibadan, South-west Nigeria: A cross-sectional survey

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tinubu, Bolanle Ms ^a   Mbada, Chidozie E ^b   Oyeyemi, Adewale L ^c   Fabunmi, Ayodele A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; NIGERIA; NURSE; NURSING CARE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; WORK; WORK RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BIOENGINEERING; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BACK INJURIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NIGERIA; NURSES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77349102951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-12     Document Type: Article

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