The label 'Occupational Overuse Syndrome': Time to change

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1110, 2000, Pages 193-194

  McNaughton, Harry ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN;

ARM; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0034716910     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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