Low back pain among Irish farmers
Open Access
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Occupational Medicine
- Vol. 59 (1) , 59-61
Abstract
Background Despite farming being regarded as a high-risk activity for low back pain (LBP), little LBP research exists for this work sector.Keywords
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