Physical workload, low back pain and neck-shoulder pain: A Swedish twin study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 395-401

  Nyman, Teresia ^a,b,c   Mulder, M ^b   Iliadou, A ^a   Svartengren, M ^a   Wiktorin, C ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NECK PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SHOULDER PAIN; SWEDEN; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649101745     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.042168     Document Type: Article

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