Musculoskeletal pain among healthcare workers: An exploratory study on gender differences

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1201-1212

  Barbosa, Rose Elizabeth Cabral ^a   Assunção, Ada Ávila ^a   de Araújo, Tânia Maria ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Domestic work; Gender differences; Healthcare workers; Musculoskeletal pain; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC WORK; FEMALE; GENDER DIFFERENCES; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE WORKERS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

DOMESTIC WORK; GENDER DIFFERENCES; HEALTHCARE WORKERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883457673     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22215     Document Type: Article

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