Triage for nonspecific lower-back pain

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 443, Issue , 2006, Pages 147-155

  Weiser, Sherri ^a   Rossignol, M ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; CLASSIFICATION; REVIEW;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TRIAGE;

EID: 33645318768     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000200244.37555.ad     Document Type: Conference Paper

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