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Incidence and suspected cause of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, United Kingdom, 1996–2001
Author(s) -
Yiqun Chen,
J C McDonald,
Nicola Cherry
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
occupational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.509
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1471-8405
pISSN - 0962-7480
DOI - 10.1093/occmed/kql040
Subject(s) - medicine , musculoskeletal disease , incidence (geometry) , musculoskeletal disorder , physical therapy , work (physics) , family medicine , disease , epidemiology , environmental health , gerontology , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , pathology , physics , optics , engineering , mechanical engineering
Musculoskeletal conditions are the most common self-reported work-related disease, with high costs incurred from long-term disability. In the United Kingdom, occupational physicians and rheumatologists have been reporting new cases of work-related musculoskeletal disorders to voluntary surveillance schemes since 1996.

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