The effect of the presence and characteristics of an outlying group on exposure-outcome associations

• Autori principali: Pieter Coenen (Autore), Svend Erik Mathiassen (Autore), Idsart Kingma (Autore), Cécile RL Boot (Autore), Paulien M Bongers (Autore), Jaap H van Dieën (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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OBJECTIVES: Physical exposures (eg, lifting or bending) are believed to be risk factors for low-back pain (LBP), but the literature is inconsistent. Exposure and LBP prevalence differ considerably between occupations, and exposure-outcome associations could be severely modified by the presence of pa...