Physical and psychosocial ergonomic risk factors for low back pain in automobile manufacturing workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-34

  Vandergrift, Jonathan L ^a   Gold, Judith E ^a   Hanlon, Alexandra ^a,b   Punnett, Laura ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BODY POSTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERGONOMICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB PERFORMANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84355166757     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.061770     Document Type: Article

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