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George L. Delclos

Researcher at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Publications -  165
Citations -  5605

George L. Delclos is an academic researcher from University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Occupational safety and health. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 154 publications receiving 5031 citations. Previous affiliations of George L. Delclos include Carlos III Health Institute & Pompeu Fabra University.

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Associations between temporary employment and occupational injury: what are the mechanisms?

TL;DR: Lower job experience and knowledge of workplace hazards, measured by length of employment, is a possible mechanism to explain the consistent association between temporary workers and occupational injury.
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The CUPID (Cultural and Psychosocial Influences on Disability) Study: Methods of Data Collection and Characteristics of Study Sample

David Coggon, +65 more
- 06 Jul 2012 - 
TL;DR: There was substantial heterogeneity between occupational groups in economic and psychosocial aspects of work; three- to five-fold variation in awareness of someone outside work with musculoskeletal pain; and more than ten-fold variations in the prevalence of adverse health beliefs about back and arm pain.
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Disabling musculoskeletal pain in working populations: is it the job, the person or the culture?

David Coggon, +60 more
- 01 Jun 2013 - 
TL;DR: Large international variation in the prevalence of disabling forearm and back pain among occupational groups carrying out similar tasks, which is only partially explained by the personal and socioeconomic risk factors that were analysed, is indicated.
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Patterns of multisite pain and associations with risk factors.

David Coggon, +55 more
- 01 Sep 2013 - 
TL;DR: Cross‐sectional data from the CUPID study supports the classification of pain at multiple anatomical sites simply by the number of sites affected, and suggests that extensive pain differs importantly in its associations with risk factors from pain that is limited to only a small number of anatomical sites.
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Descriptive Epidemiology of Somatising Tendency: Findings from the CUPID Study

Sergio Vargas-Prada, +59 more
- 29 Apr 2016 - 
TL;DR: This study supports the use of questions from the Brief Symptom Inventory as a method for measuring somatising tendency, and suggests that in adults of working age, it is a fairly stable trait.