How do job stress and ergonomic factors impact clinic visits in acute low back pain? A prospective study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 607-614

  Feuerstein, Michael ^a,b,e   Harrington, Cherise Baldwin ^a   Lopez, Mary ^c   Haufler, Amy ^d  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745192829     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000205836.48069.aa     Document Type: Article

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