Prevalence of and biopsychosocial factors associated with low back pain in commercial airline pilots

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 879-884

  Prombumroong, Jaruchon ^a   Janwantanakul, Prawit ^a   Pensri, Praneet ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aviators; Back injuries; Lumbar spine; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; THAILAND;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THAILAND;

EID: 80053320539     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.3044.2011     Document Type: Review

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