Multi-site pain and work ability among an industrial population

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 563-569

  Neupane, S ^a   Miranda, H ^b   Virtanen, P ^a   Siukola, A ^a   Nygard C H ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Food industry; Multiple site pain; Musculoskeletal pain; Ollow up study; Work ability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82355183651     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr130     Document Type: Article

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