Risk Factors for Recurrent Episodes of Care and Work Disability: Case of Low Back Pain

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-76

  Wasiak, Radoslaw ^a   Verma, Santosh ^a   Pransky, Glenn ^a,b   Webster, Barbara ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0347717688     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000105987.32375.3d     Document Type: Article

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