Open AccessOccupational factors affecting sick leave attributed to low back pain
Author(s) -
GJ Wickström,
Jaana Pentti
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.292
Subject(s) - sick leave , psychosocial , medicine , blue collar , low back pain , collar , occupational medicine , musculoskeletal disorder , back pain , physical therapy , occupational exposure , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , environmental health , psychiatry , alternative medicine , mechanical engineering , pathology , labour economics , engineering , economics
The purpose of this study was to determine the occupational factors that cause workers to take sick leave attributed to low-back pain.