Occupation and risk for the occurrence of low-back pain (LBP) in Danish employees

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-136

  Xu, Y ^a   Bach, E ^a   Orhede E ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DENMARK; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MINER; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0029882403     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/46.2.131     Document Type: Article

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