Prevalence and risk factors for cervical and lumbar spondylosis in interventional electrophysiologists

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 957-960

  Birnie, David ^a   Healey, Jeff S ^b   Krahn, Andrew D ^c   Ahmad, Kamran ^d   Crystal, Eugene ^d   Khaykin, Yaariv ^d   Chauhan, Vijay ^e   Philippon, Francois ^f   Exner, Derek ^g   Thibault, Bernard ^h   Hruczkowski, Tomascz ⁱ   Nery, Pablo ^a   Keren, Arieh ^a   Redfearn, Damian ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g LIBIN CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^h MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁱ MAZANKOWSKI ALBERTA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^j QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

catheter ablation; cervical spondylosis; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; interventional electrophysiologists; lumbar spondylosis; pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CARDIOLOGIST; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIST; LUMBAR SPONDYLOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONDYLOSIS; STANDING; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 80052864146     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02041.x     Document Type: Article

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