Working nights and lower leisure-time physical activity associate with chronic pain in Southern African long-distance truck drivers: A cross-sectional study.
<h4>Background</h4>In South Africa, the trucking industry employs over 70,000 people and the prevalence of chronic pain in this occupational group was reported at 10%. We investigated factors associated with chronic pain in truck drivers including mental health, physical activity, and sl...
Main Authors: | Antonia L Wadley, Stella Iacovides, Johanna Roche, Karine Scheuermaier, W D Francois Venter, Alinda G Vos, Samanta T Lalla-Edward |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243366 |
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