Back pain prevalence in US industry and estimates of lost workdays.

Objectives. 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 l...

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Published in:American Journal of Public Health Vol. 89; no. 7; pp. 1029 - 1036
Main Authors: Guo, How-Ran, Tanaka, Shiro, Halperin, William E.
Format: Article
Published: American Public Health Association July 1999
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