Lumbar disc disorders and low-back pain: Socioeconomic factors and consequences

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 21-24

  Katz, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; GENDER; GENE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; JOB SATISFACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STRESS; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 33645556769     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.E.01273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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