Open AccessAre occupational factors important determinants of socioeconomic inequalities in musculoskeletal pain?
Author(s) -
Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum,
Petter Kristensen,
Helge Kjuus,
Ebba Wergeland
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.1269
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , medicine , neck pain , population , inequality , physical therapy , low back pain , autonomy , cross sectional study , musculoskeletal pain , demography , environmental health , alternative medicine , mathematical analysis , mathematics , pathology , political science , law , sociology
The aim of this study was to quantify socioeconomic inequalities in low-back pain, neck-shoulder pain, and arm pain in the general working population in Oslo and to examine the impact of job characteristics on these inequalities.