Risk factors for sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorders among self-employed Dutch farmers: A case-control study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-214

  Hartman, Esther ^a,b   Oude Vrielink, Huub H E ^a   Huirne, Ruud B M ^a   Metz, Jos H M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Agriculture; Back; Epidemiology; Neck shoulder; Sick leave; Smoking; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; MUSHROOM; NECK; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SHOULDER; SMOKING; SPINE DISEASE; SWINE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SMOKING; UPPER EXTREMITY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33645215408     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20276     Document Type: Article

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