Workplace stress, lifestyle and social factors as correlates of back pain: A representative study of the German working population

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 253-269

  Schneider, Sven ^a   Schmitt, Holger ^a   Zoller, Silke ^a   Schiltenwolf, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Back pain; Lifestyle; Lowback pain; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BACKACHE; BODY POSTURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 20444417434     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-004-0576-4     Document Type: Article

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