Different working and living conditions and their associations with persistent neck/shoulder and/or low back disorders

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-121

  Leijon, Ola ^a,b   Lindberg, Per ^b   Josephson, Malin ^c   Wiktorin, Christina ^b  

^a Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK INJURY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER INJURY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 33846960811     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.029603     Document Type: Article

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