Helping women but hurting ourselves? Neck and upper back musculoskeletal symptoms in a cohort of Australian Midwives

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 359-367

  Long, Maryann H ^b   Johnston, Venerina ^a   Bogossian, Fiona E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Midwives; Musculoskeletal disorders; Neck; Upper back

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACKACHE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE; BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84892414455     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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