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Laura Punnett
Researcher at University of Massachusetts Lowell
Publications - 240
Citations - 12604
Laura Punnett is an academic researcher from University of Massachusetts Lowell. The author has contributed to research in topics: Occupational safety and health & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 56, co-authored 230 publications receiving 11477 citations. Previous affiliations of Laura Punnett include University of Massachusetts Boston & University of Michigan.
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Work-related musculoskeletal disorders: the epidemiologic evidence and the debate
Laura Punnett,David H. Wegman +1 more
TL;DR: The available epidemiologic evidence is substantial, but will benefit from more longitudinal data to better evaluate gaps in knowledge concerning latency of effect, natural history, prognosis, and potential for selection bias in the form of the healthy worker effect.
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Erratum: Development of an upper extremity outcome measure: The DASH (Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand) (American Journal of Industrial Medicine (1996) 29:6 (602-608))
Pamela Hudak,Peter C. Amadio,Claire Bombardier,Dorcas E. Beaton,Donald C. Cole,Aileen M. Davis,G.A. Hawker,Jeffrey N. Katz,M. Makela,Robert G. Marx,Laura Punnett,James G. Wright +11 more
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Back disorders and nonneutral trunk postures of automobile assembly workers.
TL;DR: Back disorders were associated with mild trunk flexion, and the risk increased with exposure to multiple postures and increasing duration of exposure.
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Estimating the global burden of low back pain attributable to combined occupational exposures.
Laura Punnett,Annette Prüss-Utün,Deborah Imel Nelson,Deborah Imel Nelson,Marilyn Fingerhut,Marilyn Fingerhut,James Leigh,SangWoo Tak,SangWoo Tak,Sharonne Phillips +9 more
TL;DR: Occupational exposures to ergonomic stressors represent a substantial source of preventable back pain and specific research on children is needed to quantify the global burden of disease due to child labor.
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Be the fairest of them all: Challenges and recommendations for the treatment of gender in occupational health research
Karen Messing,Laura Punnett,Meg A. Bond,Kristina Alexanderson,Jean L. Pyle,Shelia Hoar Zahm,David H. Wegman,Susan Stock,Sylvie de Grosbois +8 more
TL;DR: Some ways that gender can be and has been handled in studies of occupational health, as well as some of the consequences, are described and specific research practices that avoid errors are suggested.