A prospective study of musculoskeletal outcomes among manufacturing workers: I. effects of physical risk factors

Human Factors

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 112-130

  Gerr, Fredric ^a   Fethke, Nathan B ^a   Merlino, Linda ^a   Anton, Dan ^b   Rosecrance, John ^c   Jones, Michael P ^a   Marcus, Michele ^d   Meyers, Alysha R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiological study; manufacturing workers; musculoskeletal; occupational health; risk factor

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; MANUFACTURING WORKERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MANUFACTURE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IOWA; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84893031547     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720813491114     Document Type: Article

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