Evaluation of a community-based effort to reduce blueberry harvesting injury

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 307-315

  May, John ^a   Hawkes, Lynae ^a   Jones, Amanda ^a   Burdick, Patrick ^a   Ginley, Barbara ^b   Santiago, Blanca ^b   Rowland, Michael ^b  

^a Northeast Center for Agricultural and Occupational Health   (United States)

^b Maine Migrant Health Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Back; Blueberry rake; Community based; Ergonomic; Farmworker; Harvest; Migrant; Musculoskeletal injury; Shoulder; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; COMMUNITY; HARVEST; HUMAN; MIGRANT WORKER; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGRICULTURE; BLUEBERRY PLANT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 40949089312     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20554     Document Type: Article

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