Work and neck pain: A prospective study of psychological, social, and mechanical risk factors

Pain

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 162-173

  Christensen, Jan Olav ^a,b   Knardahl, Stein ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Exposure; Mechanical; Neck pain; Occupational; Prospective; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROLE STRESS; WORK; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960038081     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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