Do smokers get more back pain?

Spine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 35-40

  Boshuizen, Hendriek C ^a   Verbeek, Jos H A M ^a   Broersen, J P ^a   Weel, André N H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Back pain; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Occupation; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0027411762     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199301000-00007     Document Type: Article

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