Back pain in the workplace

JAMA

Volumn 297, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1594-1596

  Hadler, Nortin M ^a   Tait, Raymond C ^b   Chibnall, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE; ARTICLE; INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BACK INJURIES; BACK PAIN; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 34247098323     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.297.14.1594     Document Type: Note

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