Doing the heavy lifting: Health care workers take back their backs

New Solutions

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-219

  Morse, Tim ^a   Fekieta, Renee ^b   Rubenstein, Harriet ^c   Warren, Nick ^a   Alexander, Darryl ^d   Wawzyniecki, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c AFL CIO   (United States)

^d University of Connecticut Health Center ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INCIDENCE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BACK INJURIES; CURRICULUM; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSERVICE TRAINING; LIFTING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149302804     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/NS.18.2.j     Document Type: Article

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