Cervical spine degenerative changes (narrowed intervertebral disc spaces and osteophytes) in coal miners

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-53

  Zejda, Jan E ^a   Stasiów, Bartłomiej ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Coal miners; X ray

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CERVICAL SPINE; COAL MINING; COAL WORKER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OSTEOPHYTE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIBRATION; WORKER; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0037262883     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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