Personal service assistance: Musculoskeletal disorders and injuries in consumer-directed home care

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 454-468

  Faucett, Julia ^a   Kang, Taewoon ^a   Newcomer, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Home care; Musculoskeletal; Occupational injury; Personal assistance services; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84878355762     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22133     Document Type: Article

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