Prevalence and correlates of regional pain and associated disability in Japanese workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-196

  Matsudaira, Ko ^a   Palmer, Keith T ^b   Reading, Isabel ^c   Hirai, Masami ^d   Yoshimura, Noriko ^e   Coggon, David ^b  

^a KANTO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW PAIN; FEMALE; HAND PAIN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; WRIST PAIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SHOULDER PAIN; SICK LEAVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951654340     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.053645     Document Type: Article

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