Epidemiology of back disorders: Prevalence, risk factors, and prognosis

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-140

  Manek, Nisha J ^a   MacGregor, A J ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back pain; Genetics; Lumbar disc degeneration; Twin study

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 9;

BACKACHE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINE DISEASE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14044259383     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bor.0000154215.08986.06     Document Type: Review

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