Job characteristics as predictors of neck pain: A 4-year prospective study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 893-902

  Eriksen, Willy ^a   Natvig, Bård ^a   Knardahl, Stein ^b   Bruusgaard, Dag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP PATTERN; STRESS;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032711846     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199910000-00010     Document Type: Article

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