Correlation between pre-employment screening X-ray finding of spondylolysis and sickness absenteeism due to low back pain among policemen of the Israeli police force

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 2168-2172

  Weil, Yoram ^a   Weil, Dorit ^a   Donchin, Milka ^a   Mann, Gideon ^a   Hasharoni, Amir ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Compensation; Low back pain; Pre employment screening; Spondylolysis; Work absenteeism

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POLICE; PREDICTION; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

EID: 14844365982     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000141171.81801.e5     Document Type: Article

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