Repetitive Strain Injury (Cumulative Trauma Disorder): Causes and Treatment

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 192-196

  Nainzadeh, Nahid ^a   Malantic Lin, Ann ^a   Alvarez, Maxcita ^a   Loeser, Arlette C ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE;

COMPUTERS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 0033127158     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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