Assessing musculoskeletal back pain during pregnancy

Primary Care Update for Ob/Gyns

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 205-210

  Kelly Jones, Alyse ^a   McDonald, Genne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; BRACE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030796523     PISSN: 1068607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1068-607X(97)00038-3     Document Type: Article

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