Work-Related Back Injuries among Nursing Personnel in New York
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting
- Vol. 30 (3) , 244-248
- https://doi.org/10.1177/154193128603000310
Abstract
This paper describes an analysis of workers' compensation data from New York state comparing disabling back injury experiences of: 1) Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, nursing aides, and employees in 21 other occupations selected to provide interesting comparisons, 2) groups defined by the three nursing-related occupational categories within four major health care industries, and 3) men and women in 18 occupational categories.Keywords
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