Neck pain in Hong Kong: A telephone survey on prevalence, consequences, and risk groups

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Chiu, Thomas T W ^a   Leung, Arran S L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Neck pain; Prevalence; Risk groups

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NECK PAIN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746081636     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000225999.02326.ad     Document Type: Article

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