Low back pain in an urban population in Southwest Nigeria

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-20

  Omokhodion, Folashade O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PIROXICAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0842265502     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550403400107     Document Type: Article

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