Examining the Relationship between Psychosocial Work Factors and Musculoskeletal Discomfort among Computer Users in Malaysia.
Background: With computers rapidly carving a niche in virtually every nook and crevice of today's fast-paced society, musculoskeletal disorders are becoming more prevalent among computer users, which comprise a wide spectrum of the Malaysian population, including office workers. While extant literat...
| Publicado en: | Iranian Journal of Public Health Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 72 - 80 |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2011
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