Prevalence of low back pain among staff in a rural hospital in Nigeria

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-110

  Omokhodion, F O ^a   Umar, U S ^a   Ogunnowo, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Hospital staff; Low back pain; Low income societies; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; NURSE; OCCUPATION; OFFICE WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SITTING; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0034093270     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/50.2.107     Document Type: Article

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