Low back pain and smoking in a community sample in Japan

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 207-213

  Otani, Tetsuya ^a   Iwasaki, Motoki ^a   Ohta, Akiko ^b   Kuroiwa, Masaya ^a   Sasazawa, Yosiaki ^a   Suzuki, Shosuke ^a   Aoki, Shigenobu ^c  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Low back pain; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 0036648520     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.44.207     Document Type: Article

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