Whole-body vibration and back pain-related work absence among heavy equipment vehicle mining operators.

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Abstract

To determine the association between several whole-body vibration (WBV) exposure estimates and back pain-related work absence.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Occup Environ Med

Title: Occupational and environmental medicine

Publisher: BMJ

ISSN (Electronic): 1470-7926

ISSN (Print): 1351-0711

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 2019

Volume: 76

Issue: 8

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[1 ] Department of Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.

[2 ] Program of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, Regis College, Weston, Massachusetts, USA.

[3 ] Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Cali, Colombia.

[4 ] Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.

[5 ] Department of Safety Sciences, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA.

[6 ] Health and Welfare Department, Cerrejón, La Guajira, Colombia.

[7 ] Department of Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Publisher Item ID: oemed-2019-105914

DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2019-105914

PubMed ID: 31300561

SO-VID: 0f858ff2-c159-4c70-93e0-e027b52b1a7d

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Keywords: back pain,vibration metrics,epidemiology,dorsalgia,cox-regression

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Keywords: back pain, vibration metrics, epidemiology, dorsalgia, cox-regression

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