Surveillance of musculoskeletal injuries and disorders in a diverse cohort of workers at a tertiary care medical center

Background The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence of work‐related musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries and disorders among a dynamic cohort of health care workers, including direct care providers and support services, employed at a tertiary care medical center. Methods Human resources...

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Published in:	American journal of industrial medicine Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 344 - 356
Main Authors:	Pompeii, Lisa A., Lipscomb, Hester J., Dement, John M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.05.2008 Wiley-Liss
Subjects:	Accidents, Occupational - statistics & numerical data Adult Biological and medical sciences Female gender health care workers health disparities Health participants Health Personnel Health Status Disparities Humans Incidence injury surveillance Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Musculoskeletal Diseases - epidemiology musculoskeletal injuries North Carolina - epidemiology Occupational Diseases - epidemiology Occupational Health Population Surveillance Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine race Risk Assessment Risk Factors North Carolina United States North America America Human Ethnic origin gender Health staff Sex Occupational exposure Epidemiology Trauma Striated muscle disease Health center health disparities Surveillance Musculoskeletal disorder Cohort study Race health care workers injury surveillance Occupational medicine musculoskeletal injuries Inequality
ISSN:	0271-3586, 1097-0274, 1097-0274
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