Violence at the workplace increases the risk of musculoskeletal pain among nursing home workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-57

  Miranda, Helena ^a,b   Punnett, Laura ^a   Gore, Rebecca ^a   Boyer, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SAFETY; SHOULDER PAIN; VIOLENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; WRIST;

EID: 85027931895     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.051474     Document Type: Article

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