Prevalence and risk factors of low back pain among the university staff

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 93, Issue SUPPL 7, 2010, Pages

  Khruakhor, Santhanee ^a   Sritipsukh, Paskorn ^a   Siripakar, Yongyuth ^a   Vachalathit, Roongtiwa ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Associated risk factors; Low back pain; Prevalence; University staff

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; THAILAND; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79952494780     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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