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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456022803321

Titolo

Musculoskeletal disorders and the workplace [[electronic resource] ] : low back and upper extremities / / Panel on Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001

ISBN

0-309-51178-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (510 p.)

Disciplina

617.4/7044

Soggetti

Backache

Industrial accidents

Arm - Wounds and injuries

Back - Wounds and injuries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-430) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Dimensions of the Problem""; ""3 Methodological Issues and Approaches""; ""4 Epidemiologic Evidence""; ""5 Tissue Mechanobiology""; ""6 Biomechanics""; ""7 Occupational Stress""; ""8 Interventions in the Workplace""; ""9 Work Now and in the Future""; ""10 Patterns of Evidence""; ""11 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""12 Research Agenda""; ""References""; ""Index""