Conference on low back X-rays in pre-employment physical examinations, summary report and proceedings.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The proceedings of a conference on the use of low back X-rays in preemployment examinations are presented. The workshop was held from January 11 to 14, 1973 in Tucson, Arizona. Contributed papers cover the following topics: the anatomy of the back; pathophysiology of the lower spine; orthopedic considerations; neuropsychiatric aspects of lower spinal injuries; radiation safety; human engineering; epidemiological factors; industrial back injuries; and neurosurgical and radiological aspects of lower back injuries.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Cardiovascular System Environmental Monitoring Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics Temperature
• Keywords:
  Back Injuries Contract-099-72-0153 Diagnostic Techniques Medical Examinations NIOSH-Contract Occupational Medicine Spinal Cord X-ray Analysis X-ray Diagnosis
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-210
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00118726
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1973; :1-210
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:aca1c4f3f0ef776e4382a2b78db76fa1d93c71c8439d0c0309d56c117b35a1a6b3a36f8f3eb7e223112b54fc922c2673302cb8de8a995bc72d0e5bb50709d38c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179129/cdc_179129_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 16.59 MB ]