Office technology and musculoskeletal disorders: Building an ecological model

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-112

  Amick III, Benjamin C ^a   Swanson, Naomi G ^b   Chang, Hong ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OFFICE AUTOMATION; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749208120     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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