Risk factors for Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Working Population: the French Pays de la Loire Study
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1. Yves Roquelaure, MD : Université d’Angers, Faculté de médecine, Laboratoire d’Ergonomie et d’Epidémiologie en Santé au Travail (LEEST), IFR 132, UPRES 4336; CHU, Angers, France; 2. Catherine Ha, MD, Marcel Goldberg, MD, Ellen Imbernon, MD : Département santé travail, Institut de veille sanitaire (DST-InVS), Saint-Maurice, France ; 3. Clarisse Rouillon, MSc, Natacha Fouquet, MSc: LEEST, Angers, France ; 4. Annette Leclerc, PhD, Alexis Descatha, MD: INSERM, U687, Villejuif, France; 5. Annie Touranchet, MD, Inspection médicale du travail, Nantes, France ; 6. Occupational Health Services of the Pays de la Loire Region, France.
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The French Musculoskeletal Disorders Surveillance Program: Pays de la Loire network
OBJECTIVES An epidemiological surveillance system for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) was implemented in 2002 in France's Pays de la Loire region to assess the incidence and prevalence of MSDs in the general and working populations, identify levels of exposure to occupational risk factors and investigate the proportion of cases attributable to work exposure. METHODS The program ...
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