Avoiding the back-to-school backache

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 669-

  Weir, Erica ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

BACKACHE; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0036389719     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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