Work related musculoskeletal disorders of the upper extremity

Harefuah

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 120-125

  Sukenik, Shaul ^a   Flusser, Daniel ^a   Abushakra, Mahmud ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal syndromes; Occupational diseases; Tendonitis; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TENDINITIS;

HUMANS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREVALENCE; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 34047113948     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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