Authors' response: RCTs of ergonomic interventions

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 218-219

  Driessen, Maurice T ^a   Anema, Johannes R ^a,b   Proper, Karin I ^a   Van Der Beek, Allard J ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; METHODOLOGY; NECK PAIN; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 77950573970     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.050047     Document Type: Note

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