Work-related injuries and musculoskeletal disorders among factory workers in a major city of China

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 457-463

  Yu, Wenzhou ^a   Yu, Ignatius T S ^b   Li, Zhimin ^c   Wang, Xiaorong ^b   Sun, Trevor ^d   Lin, Hui ^c   Wan, Sabrina ^d   Qiu, Hong ^b   Xie, Shaohua ^b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Shenzhen Prevention and Treatment Center for Occupational Disease   (China)

^d Hong Kong Workers' Health Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cross sectional survey; Factory workers; Musculoskeletal disorder; Work related injury

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVENT-BASED; FEMALE WORKERS; FRONT-LINE WORKERS; INCIDENCE RATE; INJURY RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CITIES; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL INJURY; ODDS RATIOS; POTENTIAL RISKS; PREVALENCE RATES; RISK FACTORS; STANDARD FORM; TRAUMATIC INJURY; WORK HOURS; WORK-RELATED INJURIES;

DISEASES; HEALTH RISKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84862794522     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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