Musculoskeletal disorder risk factors among nursing professionals in low resource settings: A cross-sectional study in Uganda

BMC Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Munabi, Ian G ^a   Buwembo, William ^a   Kitara, David L ^b   Ochieng, Joseph ^a   Mwaka, Erisa S ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal disorders; Risk factors; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894878647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-13-7     Document Type: Article

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