Tall stature, overweight and the prevalence of low back pain in Chinese middle-aged women

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 887-892

  Yip, Y B ^a   Ho, S C ^b   Chan, S G ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Case control study; Etiology; Low back pain; Middle aged women; Overweight; Tall stature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034955426     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801557     Document Type: Article

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