Ergonomics and GI endoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-153

  Shergill, Amandeep K ^a   McQuaid, Kenneth R ^a   Rempel, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FORCE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INJURY; LENS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGEON;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67649298030     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.12.235     Document Type: Review

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