The Boeing prospective study and beyond

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 1613-1622

  Volinn, Ernest ^a,d   Spratt, Kevin F ^b   Magnusson, Marianne ^c   Pope, Malcolm H ^c  

^a Senior Researcher and Acting Research Director   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Musculoskeletal disorder; Occupational exposures; Prospective cohort study; Psychosocial factors; Study design; Workplace factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

BACK PAIN; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MEDLINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035879097     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200107150-00024     Document Type: Article

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