Incidence and prevalence of upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders. A systematic appraisal of the literature

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Huisstede, Bionka M A ^a   Bierma Zeinstra, Sita M A ^a   Koes, Bart W ^a   Verhaar, Jan A N ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ARM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33645712227     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-7     Document Type: Article

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