Back & neck problems among dentists and dental auxiliaries

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 16-25

  Al Wazzan, Khalid A ^a   Almas, Khalid ^a   Al Shethri, Salah E ^a   Al Qahtani, Mohammed Q ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Backache; Dental personnel; Dental team; Ergonomics; Neck pain; Occupational hazard; Posture

Indexed keywords

BACKACHE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RELAXATION TRAINING;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DENTAL AUXILIARIES; DENTISTS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 3242680817     PISSN: 15263711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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