Musculoskeletal disorders among dentists and variation in dental work

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-125

  Finsen, Lotte ^a   Christensen, Hanne ^a   Bakke, Merete ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dentistry; Electromyography; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY POSTURE; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0032056030     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(97)00017-3     Document Type: Article

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