Developing explicit risk models for predicting low-back disability: A statistical perspective

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 483-497

  Dempsey, Patrick G ^a   Westfall, Peter H ^b  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Epidemiology; Low back pain; Manual materials handling; Multivariate statistics

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LOW-BACK PAIN; MANUAL MATERIALS HANDLING; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS;

ERGONOMICS;

DISABILITY; ERGONOMICS; LOW BACK PAIN; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0031170895     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(96)00015-7     Document Type: Review

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