A case-control study of risk factors for arm pain presenting to primary care services

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-143

  Ryall, Claire ^a   Coggon, David ^a   Peveler, Robert ^b   Reading, Isabel ^a   Palmer, Keith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SOUTH HANTS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arm pain; Functional syndromes; Mental health; Somatizing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33644972888     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqj024     Document Type: Article

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