Back pain in Australian military helicopter pilots: A preliminary study

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 468-473

  Thomae, M K ^a,b   Porteous, J E ^a   Brock, J R ^a   Allen, G D ^a   Heller, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; AUSTRALIA; BACK PAIN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031899296     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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