Work-related musculoskeletal complaints among workers of Iranian aluminum industries

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 98-102

  Aghilinejad, Mashaallah ^a   Mousavi, Seyed Ali Javad ^a   Nouri, Mohammad Kazem ^a   Ahmadi, Amir Bahrami ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aluminum workers; Ergonomic program; Musculoskeletal complaints prevalence; Nordic questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ADULT; AGE; ALUMINUM FACTORY; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; ELBOW DISEASE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; HAND PAIN; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IRAN; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER PAIN; WORKPLACE; WRIST PAIN; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INDUSTRY; KNEE INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ALUMINUM; BACK PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; IRAN; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862596891     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2011.586383     Document Type: Article

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