Relationships between work-related factors and disorders in the neck-shoulder and low-back region among female and male ambulance personnel

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 481-489

  Aasa, Ulrika ^a   Barnekow Bergkvist, Margareta ^a   Ängquist, Karl Axel ^b   Brulin, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demand control support; Emergency personnel; Gender; Job; Low back pain; Neck shoulder pain; Occupational; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER PAIN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGY; SHOULDER PAIN; SWEDEN;

EID: 32244446154     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13419145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.47.481     Document Type: Article

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