Agricultural work and chronic musculoskeletal pain among latino farm workers: The MICASA study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 216-225

  Xiao, Hong ^a   Mccurdy, Stephen A ^a   Stoecklin Marois, Maria T ^a   Li, Chin Shang ^a   Schenker, Marc B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Chronic musculoskeletal pain; Hired farm workers; MICASA; Working posture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EL SALVADOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CALIFORNIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872377935     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22118     Document Type: Article

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