Symptoms and risks for musculoskeletal disorders among male and female footwear industry workers

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-116

  Vieira, Edgar Ramos ^a   Buckeridge Serra, Maysa Venturoso Gongora ^b   Brentini de Almeida, Larissa ^b   Vieira Villela, Wilza ^b   Domingos Scalon, João ^c   Veiga Quemelo, Paulo Roberto ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE FRANCA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gender and health; Health promotion; Industry; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURVEYS; TOBACCO;

FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERVENTION PROGRAMS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION TEST; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAGERSTROM TEST FOR NICOTINE DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; HAND DISEASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIFT WORKER; SHOE INDUSTRY; SMOKING; STANDARDIZED NORDIC QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; WORKING TIME;

EID: 84933041104     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: 18728219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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