Menstrual disorders and their influence on low back pain among Japanese nurses

Industrial Health

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-312

  Smith, Derek R ^a   Mihashi, Mutsuko ^b   Adachi, Yasuko ^c   Shouyama, Yukimi ^c   Mouri, Fusayo ^c   Ishibashi, Noriko ^c   Ishitake, Tatsuya ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Low back pain; Menstrual disorders; Nurse; Period pain; Premenstrual tension; Reproductive system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST TENDERNESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LOW BACK PAIN; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NURSE; RISK; STOMACH PAIN; SYMPTOM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; NURSES;

EID: 68549086930     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.47.301     Document Type: Article

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