NIOSH research initiatives to prevent back injuries to nursing assistants, aides, and orderlies in nursing homes

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 421-424

  Collins, James W ^a   Owen, Bernice D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

back injuries; disease prevention; intervention research; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT POSITIONING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BACK INJURIES; BONE AND BONES; FORECASTING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); NURSES' AIDES; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-HELP DEVICES; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029867066     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199604)29:4<421::AID-AJIM30>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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