Epidemiologic studies of low-back pain

Spine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1980, Pages 419-423

  Frymoyer, John W ^a   Pope, Malcolm H ^a   Costanza, Michael C ^a   Rosen, James C ^a   Goggin, Joyce E ^a   Wilder, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Emotional stress; Frequency; Low back pain; Occupational factors

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING; STRESS; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PARITY; RISK; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VERMONT; VIBRATION;

EID: 0019132721     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198009000-00005     Document Type: Article

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