Work related neck pain: How important is it, and how should we understand its causes?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 954-955

  Punnett, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; BACKACHE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHRONIC PAIN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MANUAL LABOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MONITOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; NEUROPATHY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; TIME PRESSURE; VIDEODISPLAY MONITOR; WELLBEING; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 9444221980     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.014399     Document Type: Editorial

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