Diagnosing regional pain: The view from primary care

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-242

  Croft, Peter ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical epidemiology; Diagnosis; Guidelines; Non articular; Regional musculoskeletal pain; Soft tissue rheumatism

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NECK PAIN; NONARTICULAR RHEUMATISM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; CHEST PAIN; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; NECK PAIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TRIAGE;

EID: 0032838141     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/berh.1999.0018     Document Type: Article

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