Psychosocial work factors and shoulder pain in Hotel room cleaners

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 743-756

  Burgel, Barbara J ^a   White, Mary C ^a   Gillen, Marion ^b   Krause, Niklas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Effort reward imbalance; Hotel room cleaners; Iso strain; Job strain; Psychosocial work factors; Shoulder pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 77954266258     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20832.     Document Type: Article

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