Preventing musculoskeletal disorders in clinical dentistry: Strategies to address the mechanisms leading to musculoskeletal disorders

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1604-1612

  Valachi, Bethamy ^a   Valachi, Keith ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTISTRY; ERGONOMICS; EXERCISE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE;

EID: 0347601876     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2003.0106     Document Type: Article

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