Relations between occupational, psychosocial and individual factors and three different categories of back disorder among supermarket workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 613-624

  Violante, Francesco S ^a   Graziosi, Francesca ^a   Bonfiglioli, Roberta ^a   Curti, Stefania ^a   Mattioli, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ergonomic policy; Grocery stores; Job satisfaction; Low back pain; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKETING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 27844556403     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0002-6     Document Type: Article

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