Risk factors for work-related low back pain in the People's Republic of China

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-33

  Jin, Kezhi ^a   Sorock, Gary S ^b,c   Courtney, Theodore ^b,c   Liang, Youxin ^a   Yao, Zhenjun ^d   Matz, Simon ^b   Ge, Linna ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Epidemiology; Low back pain; Prevalence; Review; Risk factors; Work related

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHINA; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW TEMPERATURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

EID: 0033980037     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2000.6.1.26     Document Type: Article

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