Degenerative change in the cervical spine and load-carrying on the head

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 475-481

  Jäger, Horst J ^a   Gordon Harris, Len ^b   Mehring, Ulrich Martin ^a   Goetz, G Friedrich ^a   Mathias, Klaus D ^a  

^a Teaching Hospital Dortmund   (Germany)

^b Diagnostic Clinic   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Cervical spondylosis; Occupational disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SIERRA LEONE; SPINAL DISEASES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 1842367940     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560050269     Document Type: Article

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