Determining Causation of Work-Related Upper Extremity Disorders

Clinics in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 225-234

  Szabo, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM DISEASE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STRESS;

EID: 33645936010     PISSN: 15260046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coem.2005.11.003     Document Type: Review

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