Psychosocial risks for low back pain: Are these related to work?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 500-502

  Papageorgiou, Ann C ^a   Croft, Peter R ^b   Thomas, Elaine ^a   Silman, Alan J ^a   Macfarlane, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK;

EID: 0031783910     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.57.8.500     Document Type: Article

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