Back pain in large Canadian Police Force

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 821-827

  Brown, Jeremy J ^a,c   Wells, George A ^b   Trottier, Alain J ^a   Bonneau, Jean ^a   Ferris, Blake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Police

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLICE; PREVALENCE; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 0032055327     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199804010-00017     Document Type: Article

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