Work-related musculoskeletal complaints in sonologists

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 981-988

  Magnavita, Nicola ^a,c   Bevilacqua, Liliana ^b   Mirk, Paoletta ^a   Fileni, Adriano ^a   Castellino, Nicolò ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Local Sanitary Unit RM F   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY POSITION; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICIAN; RISK FACTOR; WORKLOAD; WRIST INJURY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032742549     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199911000-00010     Document Type: Article

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