Musculoskeletal disorders in female dentists and pharmacists: A cross-sectional study

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 635-640

  Aminian, Omid ^a   Alemohammad, Zahra Banafsheh ^a   Sadeghniiat Haghighi, Khosro ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dentists; Musculoskeletal disorders; Occupational; Standardized nordic questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTIST; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHARMACIST; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AGED; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHARMACISTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84869206524     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 17359694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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