Assessing investment in manual handling risk controls: A scoring system for use in observational studies

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-65

  Smedley, J ^a,d   Poole, J ^a   Waclawski, E ^b   Stevens, A ^b   Harrison, J ^b   Buckle, P ^c   Coggon, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Assoc NHS Occup Phys Res Comm   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; NURSE; OBSERVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; RETIREMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SICK LEAVE; STATISTICS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 11244316370     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.012237     Document Type: Article

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