Smoking, heavy physical work and low back pain: A four-year prospective study

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 155-160

  Eriksen, W ^a   Natvig, B ^a   Bruusgaard, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Job characteristics; Low back pain; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WORK;

EID: 0032942632     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/49.3.155     Document Type: Article

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