Back pain and agricultural work among farmers: An analysis of the Colorado Farm Family Health and Hazard Surveillance Survey

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 310-316

  Xiang, Huiyun ^a   Stallones, Lorann ^a   Keefe, Thomas J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural work; Back pain; Depression; Farmers; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; BACK PAIN; COLORADO; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032932660     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199903)35:3<310::AID-AJIM12>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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