Occupational aspects of low back pain

Harefuah

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 492-496

  Moshe, Shlomo ^a   Levin, Michael ^a  

^a MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lifting; Low back pain; Occupations; Preemployment evaluation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; REVIEW; WORK ENVIRONMENT; CAR DRIVING; INCIDENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; PARASITOLOGY;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 24344475293     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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