Upper body musculoskeletal disorders among Australian occupational therapy students

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 365-372

  Smith, Derek R ^a,b   Leggat, Peter A ^b   Clark, Michele ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY STUDENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 33748359468     PISSN: 03080226     EISSN: 14776006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030802260606900804     Document Type: Article

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