Modelling the effects of exposure to whole-body vibration on low-back pain and its long-term consequences for sickness absence and associated work disability

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 298, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 480-491

  Burdorf, A ^a   Hulshof, C T J ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HEALTH RISKS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

RISK FRACTION; STAKEHOLDERS; WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION (WBV); WORK DISABILITY;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 33748417694     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: 10958568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2006.06.023     Document Type: Article

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