Oral contraception and other factors in relation to back disorders in women: Findings in a large cohort study

Contraception

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 331-335

  Vessey, Martin ^a   Painter, Rosemary ^a   Mant, Jonathan ^b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Centre for Defence Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back pain; Cohort study; Displaced intervertebral disc; Intrauterine device; Oral contraceptives

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; SPINE DISEASE;

BIOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENGLAND; EUROPE; FAMILY PLANNING; NORTHERN EUROPE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SCOTLAND; SKELETAL EFFECTS--WOMEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BACK; BACK PAIN; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PARITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0033507675     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(99)00103-1     Document Type: Article

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