Sickness absence from back pain, psychosocial work characteristics and employment grade among office workers

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-129

  Hemingway, Harry ^a   Shipley, Martin J ^b   Stansfeld, Stephen ^b   Marmot, Michael ^b  

^a Kensington Chelsea Westminster H ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Etiology; Musculoskeletal disorders; Prospective study; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFICE WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0030994108     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.189     Document Type: Article

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