Prevalence and risk factors associated with self-reported carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) among office workers in Kuwait

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Raman, Sudha R ^a,b   Al Halabi, Becher ^a   Hamdan, Elham ^a   Landry, Michel D ^a,b,c  

^a Fawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Institute   (Kuwait)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Kuwait; Occupational exposure; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862210255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-289     Document Type: Article

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