Back pain in aircrew - An initial survey

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 474-477

  Sheard, S C ^a,b   Pethybridge, R J ^a   Wright, J M ^a   McMillan, G H G ^a  

^a Royal Naval Air Station   (United Kingdom)

^b Office of CINCFLEET   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0029865027     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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