Stress perception and social indicators for low back, shoulder and joint pains in Japan: National surveys in 1995 and 2001

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-204

  Takeuchi, Takeaki ^a   Nakao, Mutsuhiro ^a,b   Nishikitani, Mariko ^b   Yano, Eiji ^b  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal pain; Social indicators; Stress; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; JAPAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; URBANIZATION; WELFARE;

ARTHRALGIA; BACK PAIN; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHOULDER PAIN; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; STRESS; TIME FACTORS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 4444365129     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.203.195     Document Type: Article

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