Low back pain and neck pain as predictors of sickness absence among municipal employees

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 150-156

  Kääriä, Sanna ^a   Laaksonen, Mikko ^a   Saastamoinen, Peppiina ^a   Lahelma, Eero ^a   Leino Arjas, Päivi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Employees; low back pain; neck pain; sciatica; sickness absence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCIATICA; SICK LEAVE; SMOKING;

EID: 84858023347     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494811435490     Document Type: Article

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