Open AccessPrevalence of musculoskeletal discomfort among the workers engaged in jewelry manufacturing
Author(s) -
Urmi Ravindra Salve
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine/the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3670
pISSN - 0973-2284
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5278.157008
Subject(s) - medicine , flexibility (engineering) , physical therapy , prevalence , physical examination , musculoskeletal disorder , environmental health , human factors and ergonomics , surgery , poison control , population , statistics , mathematics
The workers engaged in jewellery manufacturing exposed to various occupational risk factors that lead to development of musculoskeletal disorders. But there is scarcity of reporting the prevalence of the musculoskeletal disorders among them.