A case‐control study of risk factors for industrial low back injury: Implications for primary and secondary prevention programs

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 505-515

  Daltroy, Lawren H ^a,b,c   Larson, Martin G ^a,c   Wright, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Malspeis, Susan ^c   Fossel, Anne H ^a   Ryan, James ^c,d   Zwerling, Craig ^c,d   Liang, Matthew H ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d United States Postal Service ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

low back pain; occupational injury risk factors; postal workers; preventive training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INJURY; LIFTING EFFORT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BACK INJURIES; BACK PAIN; BOSTON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0026006908     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.4700200406     Document Type: Article

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