The association between cigarette smoking and back pain in adults

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1090-1098

  Scott, Susan C ^a,b   Goldberg, Mark S ^b,c   Mayo, Nancy E ^c   Stock, Susan R ^c,d   Poîtras, Benoit ^e  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back pain; Scoliosis; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCOLIOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING;

EID: 0033026277     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199906010-00008     Document Type: Article

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