Ambiguous relation between physical workload and low back pain: A twin control study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-114

  Hartvigsen, J ^a   Kyvik, K O ^b   Leboeuf Yde, C ^c   Lings, S ^d   Bakketeig, L ^b  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE OF CHIROPRACTIC AND CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Med Res Unit in Ringkjobing County   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITING; TWINS; WALKING; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037309806     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.2.109     Document Type: Article

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