Neck/shoulder pain and low back pain among school teachers in China, prevalence and risk factors

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yue, Pengying ^a   Liu, Fengying ^a   Li, Liping ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Neck and shoulder pain; Risk factors; Teachers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER PAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866152574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-789     Document Type: Article

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