Job strain, work characteristics and back pain: A study in a University hospital

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 634-640

  Courvoisier, Delphine S ^a   Genevay, Stéphane ^b   Cedraschi, Christine ^b   Bessire, Nadia ^b   Griesser Delacretaz, Anne Claude ^b   Monnin, Dominique ^b   Perneger, Thomas V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Back and neck pain; Job Content Questionnaire; Karasek; Strain; Work place

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79959376084     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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