Dental practice and musculoskeletal disorders association: A look at the evidence

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-33

  Garbin, Artnio José Isper ^a   Garbin, Cléa Adas Saliba ^a   Moimaz, Suzely Adas Saliba ^a   Baldan, Renato Costa Franco ^b,c   Zina, Lvia Guimares ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Metropolitan University   (Brazil)

^c Arcata (A Private Clinic) in Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

Author keywords

back pain; dental general practices; dentistry; epidemiology; human engineering; musculoskeletal diseases; occupational diseases; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL PRACTICE; DENTIST; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDLINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STATISTICS;

DENTAL STAFF; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79953767976     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2010.506493     Document Type: Article

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