Causes of musculoskeletal disorders in dental hygienists and dental hygiene students: A study of combined biomechanical and psychosocial risk factors

Work

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 441-454

  Warren, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical exposures; Job stress; Psychosocial exposures; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BIOMECHANICS; DENTAL ASSISTANT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTICUT; DATA COLLECTION; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77952524616     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2010-0981     Document Type: Article

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