Work-related musculoskeletal disorders: report, workshop summary, and workshop papers.
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders: report, workshop summary, and workshop papers. Edited by: steering committee for the workshop on work-related musculoskeletal injuries, and the national research council. (Pp 229; £33.95) 1999. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. ISBN 0-309-06397-3.
In August 1998 a 2 day workshop was held under the auspices of the United States National Research Council (NRC) to examine the research base on work related musculoskeletal disorders, and this was later followed by some deliberations of the steering committee. The report of the steering committee and the proceedings and scientific papers from the workshop are presented in this monograph.
The NRC workshop, which was attended by leading scientists from the fields of orthopaedic surgery, occupational medicine, public health, and human factors deliberated over several major topics: the …
