Presidential address of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine: Spine care in a global world. A duality of priorities and challenges

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1515-1519

  Szpalski, Marek ^a  

^a IRIS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFLORNITHINE;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AGING; BACKACHE; BONE ATROPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORTALITY; NECK PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINE DISEASE; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPINAL DISEASES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33745229402     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000228710.52112.d2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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