Work related psychosocial risks and musculoskeletal disorders: Potential risk factors, causation and evaluation methods

Work

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 239-248

  Deeney, Colin ^a   O'Sullivan, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

EUROPE; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77649090643     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2009-0921     Document Type: Article

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