Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among brick kiln workers in rural southern India

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 71-75

  Inbaraj, Leeberk ^a   Haebar, Obed ^a   Saj, Fenn ^a   Dawson, Samantha ^a   Paul, Peter ^a   Prabhakar, Abhilash Kundavaram ^b   Mohan, Venkata ^a   Alex, Reginald ^b  

^a Departments of Community Health   (India)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Brick kiln workers; low back pain; musculoskeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELBOW DISEASE; FEMALE; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB SATISFACTION; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MODI NORDIC QUESTIONNAIRE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SHOULDER PAIN; VERY ELDERLY; WRIST PAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891704655     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: 19983670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.123170     Document Type: Article

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