Neck pain in military helicopter pilots: Prevalence and associated factors

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-60

  Van Den Oord, Marieke H A H ^a,b   De Loose, Veerle ^c   Meeuwsen, Ted ^a   Sluiter, Judith K ^b   Frings Dresen, Monique H W ^b  

^a Center for Man in Aviation   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; NETHERLANDS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK PAIN; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77649228721     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-09-00038     Document Type: Article

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