Work-related cumulative trauma disorders and interpreters for the deaf

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 429-434

  Scheuerle, Jane ^a   Guilford, Arthur M ^a   Habal, Mutaz B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

American Sign Language; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Cumulative Trauma Disorders; Interpreters for the Deaf

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SIGN LANGUAGE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN; SIGN LANGUAGE;

EID: 0034060475     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104732200301386     Document Type: Article

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