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    Citations

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    • American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2004). Prevention. In LS Glass, ed. Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines: Evaluation and Management of Common Health Problems and Functional Recovery of Workers, 2nd ed., p. 1. Beverly Farms, MA: OEM Press.

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    • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (1996). Back Belts: Do They Prevent Injury? Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/94-127.

    • National Institutes of Health, Division of Occupational Health and Safety. Ergonomics for computer workstations? Available online: http://www.ors.od.nih.gov/sr/dohs/healthandsafety/ergonomics/atwork/pages/ergo_computers.aspx.

    • National Institutes of Health, Division of Occupational Health and Safety. What's an ergonomic chair? Available online: http://www.ors.od.nih.gov/sr/dohs/healthandsafety/ergonomics/pages/ergonomic_chair.aspx.

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    By: Reference Healthwise Staff Last Revised: Reference November 19, 2012
    Medical Review: Reference Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
    Reference William S. Marras, PhD, CPE - Ergonomics


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