Upper limb disorder due to manual pipetting

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-134

  Baker, P ^a,b   Cooper, C ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Non specific upper limb disorder; Pipetting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARM; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SYRINGES;

EID: 0031951292     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/48.2.133     Document Type: Article

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