Epidemiological aspects of studying work-related musculoskeletal disorders

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-13

  Driscoll, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Bias; Methods; Occupational; Pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SAMPLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 79958274358     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: 15321770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2011.01.009     Document Type: Review

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