A prospective cohort study on severe pain as a risk factor for long-term sickness absence in blue- and white-collar workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 590-592

  Andersen, Lars Louis ^a   Mortensen, Ole Steen ^a,b   Hansen, Jørgen Vinsløv ^a   Burr, Hermann ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; BODY MASS; BODY REGIONS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; SMOKING; WHITE COLLAR WORKER;

ADULT; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79960087294     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.056259     Document Type: Article

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