Are living beings in the state of self-organized criticality? A new interpretation of data on work incapacity due to low back pain

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 458-461

  Schmid, L ^a  

^a NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALINGERING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; WORK DISABILITY;

EID: 1642413239     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2003.11.016     Document Type: Article

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