Back Injury Prevention: A Lift Team Success Story

Workplace Health and Safety

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 246-251

  Hefti, Kelly S ^a   Farnham, Richard J ^b   Docken, Lisa ^c   Bentaas, Ruth ^c   Bossman, Sharon ^c   Schaefer, Jill ^d  

^a Sioux Valley Hospital University of South Dakota Medical Center   (United States)

^b Occupational Medicine Care Center   (United States)

^c SVHUSDMC   (India)

^d SVHUSDMC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

BACK INJURIES; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0042808539     PISSN: 21650799     EISSN: 21650969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/216507990305100603     Document Type: Article

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