Back injury in primary care: Three sides of the coin

Nurse Practitioner Forum: Current Topics and Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 208-212

  Reavis, Catherine ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BED REST; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033286341     PISSN: 10455485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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