Musculoskeletal pain and its associated risk factors in residents of national capital region

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 59-63

  Bihari, V ^a   Kesavachandran, C ^a   Pangtey, B S ^a   Srivastava, A K ^a   Mathur, N ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

General population; India; musculoskeletal pain; National Capital Region

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; LEG PAIN; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84856604831     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: 19983670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.90375     Document Type: Article

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