Low back pain and work-related factors among nurses in intensive care units

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 479-487

  June, Kyung Ja ^a   Cho, Sung Hyun ^b  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Back pain; Intensive care unit; Nurse; Prevalence; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78651229776     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03210.x     Document Type: Article

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