Musculoskeletal symptoms among cytotechnologists

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 765-769

  Kalavar, Shyam S ^a   Hunting, Katherine L ^b  

^a SUBURBAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029833570     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/labmed/27.11.765     Document Type: Article

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