A study of musculoskeletal strain experienced by nurses

Occupational Ergonomics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-133

  Hernandez, Luz ^a   Genaidy, Ash ^a   Davis, Sue ^a   Guo, Lin ^a   Alhemoud, Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

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