Musculoskeletal disorders in Australian dairy farming

Work

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-155

  Innes, Ev ^a   Walsh, Casey ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

agriculture; dairy farming; job demands; Musculoskeletal disorders; physical workload; survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AUSTRALIA; DAIRYING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954810070     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2010-1016     Document Type: Article

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