The burden and determinants of neck pain in workers: Results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders

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Volumn 33, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Côté, Pierre ^a,b,c,d   Van Der Velde, Gabrielle ^a,b,c,d   Cassidy, J David ^a,b,c   Carroll, Linda J ^e   Hogg Johnson, Sheilah ^c,d   Holm, Lena W ^f   Carragee, Eugene J ^g,h   Haldeman, Scott ^i,j   Nordin, Margareta ^k,l   Hurwitz, Eric L ^m   Guzman, Jaime ^n,o   Peloso, Paul M ^p  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^o Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in British Columbia   (Canada)

^p MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

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Author keywords

Disability; Epidemiology; Etiology; Incidence; Neck pain; Risk factors; Sick leave; Systematic review; Work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DISABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNICITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

CAUSALITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 38549169528     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181643ee4     Document Type: Article

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