The prevalence and causes of MSI amongst sonographers

Radiography

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-200

  Morton, Becky ^a   Delf, Penny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal injury (MSI); Sonographer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECHOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 45149111169     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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