Low back pain comorbidity among male farmers and rural referents: A population-based study

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 261-268

  Holmberg, Sara ^a   Thelin, Anders ^a   Stiernström, Eva Lena ^a   Svärdsudd, Kurt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Digestive disorders; Low back pain; Musculoskeletal disorders; Respiratory disorders; Work related fever attacks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DYSPEPSIA; EDUCATION; EYE DISEASE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN DISEASE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFECTION; LIFE STYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN DISEASES; SWEDEN;

EID: 33645076519     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 12321966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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