The effectiveness of different intervention strategies in preventing back pain in members of the nursing population and the general population

Work

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-231

  Zimmerman, Tara ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Back injury; Education; Exercise; Program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031759819     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/wor-1998-11211     Document Type: Article

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