The epidemiology of back pain in vocational age groups

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-21

  Reigo, Tomas ^a,b   Timpka, Toomas ^a   Tropp, Hans ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Back pain; Cross sectional population study; Incidence; Pain drawing; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACK PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032954791     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028134399750002836     Document Type: Article

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