Magnification in dentistry: How ergonomic features impact your health

Dentistry Today

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 132-137

  Valachi, Bethany ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTIST; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROSCOPY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTISTS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LENSES; LIGHTING; MICROSCOPY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTURE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 65749098984     PISSN: 87502186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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