Musculoskeletal pain in cardiac ultrasonographers: Results of a random survey

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 357-362

  Smith, Annette C ^a   Wolf, James G ^a   Xie, Gong Yuan ^a   Smith, Mikel D ^a,b  

^a KY Clinic L 543 ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031135229     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(97)70073-7     Document Type: Article

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