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REVIEWS, CASE HISTORIES, AND RESEARCH

Priority Risk Factors for Back Injury in Agricultural Field Work

Vineyard Ergonomics

James M. Meyers EdD, MPH School of Public Health, UC, Berkeley, USA
,
John A. Miles PhD Biological & Agricultural Engineering, UC, Davis, USA
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Diana G. Tejeda BS Biological & Agricultural Engineering, UC, Davis, USA
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Julia Faucett RNPhD Occupational & Environmental Health Nursing, UC, San Francisco, USA
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Ira Janowitz MFS, CPE UC San Francisco/UC Berkeley Ergonomics Program, USA
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Ed Weber MS Napa County, UC Cooperative Extension
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Rhonda Smith MS Family and Consumer Science, Sonoma County, UC Cooperative Extension
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Linda Garcia MA Family and Consumer Science, Sonoma County, UC Cooperative Extension
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Pages 39-54 | Published online: 11 Oct 2008

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