The relation between body mass index and musculoskeletal symptoms in the working population

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Viester, Laura ^a   Verhagen, Evert Alm ^a   Hengel, Karen M Oude ^a,b   Koppes, Lando Lj ^b   Van Der Beek, Allard J ^a   Bongers, Paulien M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal disorders; Overweight obesity; Physical workload; Worker population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881300397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-238     Document Type: Article

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