Occupational ergonomics and injury prevention

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 531-543

  Stobbe, Terrence J ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKACHE; BIOENGINEERING; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BACK PAIN; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33748964310     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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