Musculoskeletal pain among midwest farmers and associations with agricultural activities

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 319-330

  Fethke, Nathan B ^a   Merlino, Linda A ^a   Gerr, Fredric ^a   Schall, Mark C ^b   Branch, Cassidy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Epidemiology; Ergonomics; Musculoskeletal pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARM; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURIES; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UPPER EXTREMITY; WORK;

EID: 84922621826     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22398     Document Type: Article

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