Life events and the risk of low back and neck/shoulder pain of the kind people are seeking care for: Results from the MUSIC-Norrtälje case-control study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 356-361

  Skillgate, Eva ^a,b   Vingård, Eva ^a,c   Josephson, Malin ^a,c   Theorell, Töres ^a   Alfredsson, Lars ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Naprapathögskolan Scandinavian College of Naprapathic Manual Medicine   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PATIENT CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SHOULDER PAIN; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORRTALJE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 33947700828     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.049411     Document Type: Article

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