The relationship between psychosocial work characteristics and low back pain: Underlying methodological issues

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 389-406

  Davis, Kermit G ^a   Heaney, Catherine A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Epidemiology; Musculoskeletal disorders; Prospective

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034072699     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(99)00101-1     Document Type: Review

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