Occupational and other predictors of herniated lumbar disc disease - A 33-year follow-up in the copenhagen male study

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 1541-1546

  Sørensen, Inge Gregersen ^a   Jacobsen, Peter ^a   Gyntelberg, Finn ^a   Suadicani, Poul ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

herniated lumbar disc; occupational exposure; prospective cohort study; strenuous work

Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SPINE DISEASE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LIFE STYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 80052264845     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181f9b8d4     Document Type: Article

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