Low back pain and lifestyle. Part II - Obesity: Information from a population-based sample of 29,424 twin subjects

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 779-784

  Leboeuf Yde, Charlotte ^a,c   Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^a   Bruun, Niels Henrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Kolding Business School   (Denmark)

^c NORDIC INSTITUTE OF CHIROPRACTIC AND CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age; Anthropology; Body weight; Epidemiology; Low back pain; Occupation; Risk factor; Risk indicator; Smoking; Survey; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0033561112     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199904150-00009     Document Type: Article

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