An evaluation of low back pain among farmers in Ireland

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-59

  Osborne, A ^a   Finnegan, G ^a   Blake, C ^a   Meredith, D ^b   Mcnamara, J ^c   Phelan, J ^a   Cunningham, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Rural Economy Research Centre Ireland   (Ireland)

^c TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Causes; Farmers; Low back pain; Work disability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRELAND; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; VERY ELDERLY; WORK; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRELAND; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EXERTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872135599     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqs173     Document Type: Article

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