Low back pain in a representative sample of Greek population analysis: According to personal and socioeconomic characteristics

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1355-1360

  Stranjalis, George ^a,d   Tsamandouraki, Kiki ^b   Sakas, Damianos E ^a   Alamanos, Yannis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Greek population; Low back pain; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GREECE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BED REST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 2942650134     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000127181.59012.1C     Document Type: Article

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