Connections between lower back pain, interventions, and absence from work: A time-based meta-analysis

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 595-624

  Martocchio, Joseph J ^a   Harrison, David A ^b   Berkson, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0034350093     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2000.tb00215.x     Document Type: Review

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