Psychosocial and physical risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders of the neck, shoulders, and lower back in salespeople

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 351-356

  Skov, Torsten ^a   Borg, Vilhelm ^a   Ørhede, Elsa ^a  

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

Author keywords

Decision latitude; Driver; Job demand control support model; Sedentary work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BACK PAIN; COMMERCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONALITY; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029991953     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.5.351     Document Type: Article

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