Open AccessBack pain prevalence in US industry and estimates of lost workdays.
Author(s) -
HowRan Guo,
Shiro Tanaka,
William Halperin,
Lorraine Cameron
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.89.7.1029
Subject(s) - environmental health , medicine , association (psychology) , gerontology , psychology , psychotherapist
Back pain is the most common reason for filing workers' compensation claims and often causes lost workdays. Data from the 1988 National Health Interview Survey were analyzed to identify high-risk industries and to estimate the prevalence of work-related back pain and number of workdays lost.
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