Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among Hong Kong nurses

Occupational Ergonomics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-208

  Yeung, Simon S ^a   Genaidy, Ash ^b   Levin, Linda ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Low back symptoms; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Nursing; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849083277     PISSN: 13599364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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