Epidemiology of acute low back injury in employees of a large home improvement retail company

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 637-645

  Kraus, Jess F ^a   Schaffer, Kathryn Brown ^a   McArthur, David L ^a   Peek Asa, Corinne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Incidence; Low back pain; Musculoskeletal system; Workplace; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT LIFTING; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0030720905     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009329     Document Type: Article

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