Repetitive Stress Symptoms in Radiology: Prevalence and Response to Ergonomic Interventions

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 919-923

  Boiselle, Phillip M ^a   Levine, Deborah ^a   Horwich, Perry J ^a   Barbaras, Larry ^a   Siegal, Daniel ^a   Shillue, Kathleen ^a   Affeln, Dieter ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ergonomics; picture archiving and communication system; Radiologists; repetitive stress symptoms; workstation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAIR; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROCOMPUTER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RADIOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 47649090338     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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