Musculoskeletal disorders among Irish farmers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 598-603

  Osborne, A ^a,b   Blake, Catherine ^a   McNamara, J ^c   Meredith, D ^b   Phelan, J ^a   Cunningham, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Rural Economy Research Centre Ireland   (Ireland)

^c TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Farm enterprise; Farmers; Low back pain; Musculoskeletal disorders; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649779948     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqq146     Document Type: Article

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