Personal and occupational risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome in meat processing industry workers in Northern Italy
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Personal and occupational risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome in meat processing industry workers in Northern Italy.
BACKGROUND Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a musculoskeletal condition that often impairs the fitness to work. Our aim is to retrospectively evaluate the association between physical exposures in meat processing industry in Northern Italy and the CTS, taking into account non-occupational factors. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed to include 434 workers (236 males, 198...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medycyna Pracy
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0465-5893,2353-1339
DOI: 10.13075/mp.5893.00605