Obesity and low back pain

Collegium Antropologicum

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-104

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,d   Alwash, Rafie ^b   Gaber, Tariq ^b   Lovasz, Gyorgy ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Ministry of Health United Arab Emirates   (United Arab Emirates)

^c TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^d Women's Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Quality of life; Risk factors; UAE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOUSING; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0141594913     PISSN: 03506134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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