Determinants of implementation of primary preventive interventions on patient handling in healthcare: A systematic review

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 353-360

  Koppelaar, E ^a,b   Knibbe, J J ^c   Miedema, H S ^b,d   Burdorf, A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Erasmus MC   (Netherlands)

^c LOCOmotion   (Netherlands)

^d ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LEAVE; MOTIVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT HANDLING; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PRIMARY PREVENTION; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 67649109315     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.042481     Document Type: Review

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