Musculoskeletal pain in the workforce: The effects of back, arthritis, and fibromyalgia pain on quality of life and work productivity

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 765-770

  McDonald, Margaret ^a   Dibonaventura, Marco Dacosta ^b   Ullman, Stacey ^b  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b KANTAR HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESENTEEISM; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORK; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY;

EID: 79960760218     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318222af81     Document Type: Article

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