Prevalence of back pain and characteristics of the physical workload of community nurses

Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 186-198

  Knibbe, J J ^a   Friele, R D ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Back pain prevalence; Community nursing; Home care; Lifting

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEIGHT LIFTING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0029932237     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139608964450     Document Type: Article

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