Industrial Medicine and Acute Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation. 7. Acute Industrial Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Aging Workforce

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 3 SUPPL.1, 2007, Pages

  Zuhosky, Joseph P ^a   Irwin, Robert W ^b   Sable, Aaron W ^c   Sullivan, William J ^d   Panagos, Andre ^e   Foye, Patrick M ^f  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c St John's Macomb Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cumulative trauma disorders; Industrial medicine; Low back pain; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DIAGNOSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REHABILITATION MEDICINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGING; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 33847163508     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.12.014     Document Type: Article

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