| Document ID (ISN) | 103753 |
| CIS number |
05-84 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0465-546X - Medicina y seguridad del trabajo |
| Year |
1999 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Robaina Aguirre C, León Palenzuela I.M. |
| Title |
Epidemiological study of work incapacitation from musculoskeletal disorders |
| Original title |
Análisis epidemiológico de la incapacidad laboral por trastornos del sistema osteomioarticular [in Spanish] |
| Bibliographic information |
1999, Vol.XLVI, No.183, p.65-72. Illus. 21 ref. |
| Abstract |
This study analyses work incapacitation as a result of musculoskeletal disorders in a cement factory in Spain. The study involved all 743 workers (596 men and 147 women) employed in the enterprise in 1996 and was based on the analysis of work incapacitation certificates. During that year, 81 workers suffered from an osteoarticular disease involving loss of work time, the most frequent being lumbosacral pain (46.9%). No relationship was found between the incidence of these disorders and other occupational factors observed at the place of work. However, there was a significant relationship with previous occurrences of the disorder. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
cement industry; musculoskeletal diseases; sickness absenteeism |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Spain; lumbar column; sex-linked differences; epidemiologic study; age-linked differences; backache |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Spain |
| Subject(s) |
Materials, glass and ceramics
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Cement and concrete
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
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