Low back pain

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 671-676

  Ehrlich, George E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Low back pain classification etiology therapy; Risk factors; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS;

ARTICLE; BED REST; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BOREDOM; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0141920505     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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