Cumulative trauma disorders among apparel manufacturing employees in the southeastern United States

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1057-1062

  Dignan, Mark ^a,b,e   Hayes, Donald ^a,c   Main, Heather ^a,d   Parker, Kathryn ^a  

^a Bowman Gray School of Medicine ^*

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Ergonomics Research Group   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029858607     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199611000-00006     Document Type: Article

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