Effects of a participatory ergonomics team among hospital orderlies

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 358-365

  Evanoff, Bradley A ^a   Bohr, Paula C ^a   Wolf, Laurie D ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ergonomics Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics teams; Health care workers; Injury prevention; Intervention research; Occupational health; Participatory ergonomics; Work related musculoskeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

BACK INJURIES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT TEAMS; JOB SATISFACTION; KNEE INJURIES; LIFTING; MISSOURI; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SHOULDER; SICK LEAVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0032995416     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199904)35:4<358::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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