Psychosocial factors related to lower back problems in a South African manganese industry

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 215-225

  Van Vuuren, Bernard ^a,b   Zinzen, Evert ^b   Van Heerden, Hendrik Johannes ^a   Becker, Piet ^c,d   Meeusen, Romain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Industrial; Psychosocial; Risk factors; South Africa

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPINE DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANGANESE; METALLURGY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 17644419623     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-005-1220-1     Document Type: Article

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