Work-related musculoskeletal symptoms among building construction workers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Meo, Sultan Ayoub ^a   Alsaaran, Zaid Fahad ^a   Alshehri, Moayad Khalid ^a   Khashougji, Mohammed Azam ^a   Almeterk, Abdul Aziz Zayed ^a   Almutairi, Saif Fraj ^a   Alsaeed, Saad Fahad ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Building construction; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Occupational hazards

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION WORKER; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; FATIGUE; FOOT PAIN; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SAUDI ARABIA; SHOULDER PAIN; SMOKING; WORKER;

EID: 84884882343     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12669/pjms.296.4052     Document Type: Article

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