Study of the prevalence and risk factors for low back pain in truck drivers in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Clinics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 503-510

  Andrusaitis, Silvia Ferreira ^a   Oliveira, Reginaldo Perilo ^a   Barros Filho, Tarcísio Eloy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Automotive vehicles; Cross sectional studies; Low back pain; Men; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CAR DRIVING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SLEEP; TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33845897966     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322006000600003     Document Type: Article

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