Development and validation of a job exposure matrix for physical risk factors in low back pain.

Development and validation of a job exposure matrix for physical risk factors in low back pain.

OBJECTIVES: The aim was to construct and validate a gender-specific job exposure matrix (JEM) for physical exposures to be used in epidemiological studies of low back pain (LBP). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We utilized two large Finnish population surveys, one to construct the JEM and another to test mat...

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Main Authors: Svetlana Solovieva, Irmeli Pehkonen, Johanna Kausto, Helena Miranda, Rahman Shiri, Timo Kauppinen, Markku Heliövaara, Alex Burdorf, Kirsti Husgafvel-Pursiainen, Eira Viikari-Juntura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3495969?pdf=render

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