Claims incidence of work-related disorders of the upper extremities: Washington State, 1987 through 1995

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1827-1833

  Silverstein, Barbara ^a,b   Welp, Esther ^a   Nelson, Nancy ^a   Kalat, John ^a  

^a Washington State Dept Labor/Indust   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELBOW DISEASE; EPICONDYLITIS; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 0032416615     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.12.1827     Document Type: Article

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