Construction work and low back disorder

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2558-2563

  Stürmer, Til ^a   Luessenhoop, Stefan ^a   Neth, Axel ^a   Soyka, Matthias ^a   Karmaus, Wilfried ^a,b   Toussaint, René ^a   Liebs, Thoralf R ^a   Rehder, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b NORDIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Construction work; Epidemiology; Low back disorder; Low back pain; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0344074663     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199711010-00018     Document Type: Article

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