The semiotics of "upper limb musculoskeletal disorders in workers"

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 937-939

  Hadler, Nortin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ELBOW; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INJURY; LIMB PAIN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SHORT SURVEY; WORKER;

EID: 0042395073     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00158-6     Document Type: Note

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