Prevalence and predictors for musculoskeletal discomfort in Malaysian office workers: Investigating explanatory factors for a developing country

2015/10/24 by Ismail Maakip, Tessa Keegel, Jodi Oakman · 10 citations
Engineering · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · #Cross-sectional study #Demographic economics #Demography #Developing country #Economic growth #Economics #Effects of Vibration on Health #Engineering #Environmental health #Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders #Explanatory model #Mathematics #Medicine #Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation #Office workers #Operations management #Psychology #Sociology #Statistics

paper · doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2015.10.008

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