Psychosocial stress and multi-site musculoskeletal pain: A cross-sectional survey of patient care workers

Workplace Health and Safety

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 117-125

  Sembajwe, Grace ^a   Tveito, Torill Helene ^b   Hopcia, Karen ^c   Kenwood, Christopher ^d   O'Day, Elizabeth Tucker ^e   Stoddard, Anne M ^d   Dennerlein, Jack T ^f   Hashimoto, Dean ^e   Sorensen, Glorian ^g,h  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^e Partners Health Care   (United States)

^f NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876398598     PISSN: 21650799     EISSN: 21650969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/21650799-20130226-01     Document Type: Review

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