Association between psychosocial factors and musculoskeletal symptoms among Iranian nurses

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1032-1039

  Mehrdad, Ramin ^a,b   Dennerlein, Jack T ^b,c   Haghighat, Mohammad ^a   Aminian, Omid ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Iran; Musculoskeletal disorders symptoms; Nurses; Occupational health; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NECK PAIN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHOULDER PAIN;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NECK PAIN; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77956902858     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20869     Document Type: Article

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