Prevalence of low back pain and its risk factors among school teachers

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 634-639

  Samad, Nurul Izzah Abdul ^a   Abdullah, Haslinda ^a   Moin, Saidi ^a   Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Mohd ^a   Hashim, Zailina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Mental health status; Primary school teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953496567     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2010.634.639     Document Type: Article

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