Risk factors for illness absence due to musculoskeletal disorders in a 4-year prospective study of a petroleum-manufacturing population

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 434-440

  Tsai, Shan P ^a   Bhojani, Faiyaz A ^a   Wendt, Judy K ^a  

^a SHELL OIL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 79955061098     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182128b12     Document Type: Article

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