Musculoskeletal disorders among workers in plastic manufacturing plants;Distúrbios músculo-esqueléticos em trabalhadores da indústria de plásticos

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-20

  Fernandes, Rita de Cássia Pereira ^a   Assunção, Ada Ávila ^b   Silvany Neto, Annibal Muniz ^a   Carvalho, Fernando Martins ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Musculoskeletal disorders; Psychosocial; Repetitive strain injury; Upper limb disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953844766     PISSN: 1415790X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-790x2010000100002     Document Type: Article

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