Low back pain among school teachers in Botswana, prevalence and risk factors

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Erick, Patience N ^a   Smith, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LIFESTYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHER; DISABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; BOTSWANA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84920812376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-359     Document Type: Article

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