Self-reported musculoskeletal disorders in podiatrists at work

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 502-510

  Losa Iglesias, Marta Elena ^a   De Bengoa Vallejo, R Becerro ^b   Fuentes, Paloma Salvadores ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal disorder; Occupational health; Podiatrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN; PODIATRY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; PODIATRY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SPAIN;

EID: 84856675244     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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