Occupational injury among orthopaedic surgeons

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 15, 2013, Pages

  Davis, William T ^a   Sathiyakumar, Vasanth ^a   Jahangir, Alex ^a   Obremskey, William T ^a   Sethi, Manish K ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACK; CAREER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; E-MAIL; HAND INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURY; NOCICEPTION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOULDER INJURY; UNITED STATES; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84896348044     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.01427     Document Type: Review

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