Office workers' risk factors for the development of non-specific neck pain: A systematic review of prospective cohort studies

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 610-618

  Paksaichol, Arpalak ^a   Janwantanakul, Prawit ^a   Purepong, Nithima ^a   Pensri, Praneet ^a   Van Der Beek, Allard J ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEISURE; MENTAL STRESS; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OFFICE WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84865524609     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100459     Document Type: Review

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