Prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal symptoms among US large-herd dairy parlor workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 370-379

  Douphrate, David I ^a   Gimeno, David ^a   Nonnenmann, Matthew W ^b   Hagevoort, Robert ^c   Rosas Goulart, Cecilia ^d   Rosecrance, John C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ZOETIS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Agriculture; Dairy; Ergonomics; Injury; Musculoskeletal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; DAIRY; DAIRYING; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

AGRICULTURE; DAIRY; ERGONOMICS; INJURY; MUSCULOSKELETAL;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895911172     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22286     Document Type: Article

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