Low back pain among textile workers

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-29

  Tiwari, Rajnarayan R ^a   Pathak, Mrinalini C ^b   Zodpey, Sanjay P ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

^b DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cotton textile workers; Low back pain; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; COTTON; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; ISCHIALGIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SITTING; SMOKING; TEXTILE WORKER; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0041368800     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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