Can the job demand control model explain back and neck pain? Cross-sectional study in a representative sample of Swiss working population

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 663-668

  Canjuga, Mirjana ^a   Läubli, Thomas ^a,b   Bauer, Georg F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Education and Research   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Back neck pain; Job demand control model

Indexed keywords

BACK PAIN; BACK/NECK PAIN; BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION; CONTROL MODEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; INTERACTION TERM; JOB CONTROL; JOB DEMANDS; PHYSICAL DEMAND; PHYSICAL WORK; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK-RELATED; WORKING POPULATION;

HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWITZERLAND; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 77957753150     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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