Clinical course and prognostic factors in acute low back pain: An inception cohort study in primary care practice

BMJ

Volumn 308, Issue 6928, 1994, Pages 577-

  Coste, J ^a,b   Delecoeuillerie, G ^b   de Lara, A Cohen ^b   Leparc, J M ^b   Paolaggi, J B ^b  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ABSENTEEISM; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BED REST; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0028207155     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.308.6928.577     Document Type: Article

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