Surgery versus intensive rehabilitation programmes for chronic low back pain

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7502, 2005, Pages 1220-1221

  Koes, Bart W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 20344406494     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7502.1220     Document Type: Editorial

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