Strategies for prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 421 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-6870
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## Abstract ## Background Estimates of the extent of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are usually based upon workers' compensation reports, although recent reports indicate that there may be widespread underβreporting of MSD. ## Methods An estimate of the incidence of arm and hand workβrelated MS