Assessing attitudes, beliefs and readiness for musculoskeletal injury prevention in the construction industry

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 771-778

  Village, Judy ^a   Ostry, Aleck ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction; Ergonomics; Stage of change

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ERGONOMICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; ERGONOMICS INTERVENTION; HEALTH AND SAFETY; MULTIVARIATE MODELING; MUSCULO-SKELETAL INJURIES; WORK CONDITION;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 77955279688     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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