Physical and psychosocial factors related to low back pain during a 24- year period: A nested case-control analysis

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Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 369-375

  Thorbjörnsson, Carina Bildt ^a   Alfredsson, Lars ^c   Fredriksson, Kerstin ^a   Michélsen, Hans ^c   Punnett, Laura ^b   Vingård, Eva ^a   Torgén, Margareta ^a   Kilbom, Åsa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Gender; Interaction effects; Leisure; Musculoskeletal disorders; Time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LEISURE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0342470943     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200002010-00019     Document Type: Article

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