Is hormone replacement therapy a risk factor for low back pain among postmenopausal women?

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 809-813

  Brynhildsen, Jan O ^a   Björs, Erika ^a   Skarsgård, Constance ^a   Hammar, Mats L ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hormone replacement treatment; Low back pain; Menopause; Occupation; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0344972746     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199804010-00014     Document Type: Article

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