Occupational low-back pain in hospital nurses

Journal of Occupational Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1985, Pages 518-524

  Harber, Philip ^a,c   Billet, Elizabeth ^b   Gutowski, Mary ^b   SooHoo, Karen ^a,e   Lew, Myron ^a   Roman, Adele ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c The University of California Southern Occupational Health Center ^*  (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARTILAGE; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 0021857414     PISSN: 00961736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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