Neck and back pain and intervertebral disc degeneration: Role of occupational factors

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-79

  Williams, F M K ^b   Sambrook, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical; Genetics; Intervertebral disc; Lumbar; Occupational exposure; Spondylosis; Twins

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPENSATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 79957643794     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: 15321770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2011.01.007     Document Type: Review

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