Occupational safety and health interventions to reduce musculoskeletal symptoms in the health care sector

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-219

  Tullar, Jessica M ^a   Brewer, Shelley ^b   Amick III, Benjamin C ^a,c   Irvin, Emma ^c   Mahood, Quenby ^c   Pompeii, Lisa A ^a   Wang, Anna ^c   Van Eerd, Dwayne ^c   Gimeno, David ^d   Evanoff, Bradley ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Chemplan Inc   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Interventions; Musculoskeletal; Occupational health; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATIENT LIFTING; REVIEW; WORKPLACE;

EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77955716783     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-010-9231-y     Document Type: Article

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