Daily self-reports resulted in information bias when assessing exposure duration to computer use

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1142-1149

  Chang, Che hsu Joe ^a,b   Menéndez, Cammie Chaumont ^c   Robertson, Michelle M ^b   Amick, Benjamin C ^d,e   Johnson, Peter W ^f   Del Pino, Rosa J ^e   Dennerlein, Jack T ^a,g  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer use; Exposure assessment; Musculoskeletal disorders; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SELF REPORT; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958493429     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20878     Document Type: Article

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