Upper body musculoskeletal symptoms of Latino poultry processing workers and a comparison group of Latino manual workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 197-205

  Schulz, Mark R ^a   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^b   Chen, Haiying ^b   Mora, Dana C ^b   Arcury, Thomas A ^b   Marín, Antonio J ^b   Mirabelli, Maria C ^b   Quandt, Sara A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrant workers; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Occupational health and safety; Poultry processing; Upper extremity disorders; Work related

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HAND INJURY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ARM INJURIES; BACK INJURIES; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HAND INJURIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK INJURIES; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872369058     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22100     Document Type: Article

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