A review of functional status measures for workers with upper extremity disorders

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 664-670

  Salerno, Deborah F ^a   Copley Merriman, C ^a   Taylor, T N ^a   Shinogle, J ^b   Schulz, R M ^b  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM DISEASE; ARM MOVEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 0036800888     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.59.10.664     Document Type: Review

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