Prevalence of low back pain in three occupational groups in Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-28

  Jin, Kezhi ^a,b,c   Sorock, Gary S ^b,d   Courtney, Theodore K ^b,c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; China; Epidemiology; Occupational

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA ACQUISITION; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MATERIALS HANDLING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CHINA; LOW BACK PAIN (LBP);

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1342302200     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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