Risk factors for foot and ankle disorders among assembly plant workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1233-1239

  Werner, Robert A ^a,b,c   Gell, Nancy ^a   Hartigan, Anne ^a   Wiggermann, Neal ^c   Keyserling, W Monroe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Veteran Affairs Health System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle; Epidemiology; Foot; Occupational medicine; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; ARTHRALGIA; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649583978     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20898     Document Type: Article

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