Incidence of musculoskeletal complaints in a large adult Norwegian county population. The HUNT study

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Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2146-2150

  Hagen, Knut ^a,b,c   Svebak, Sven ^a   Zwart, John Anker ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Incidence; Musculoskeletal complaints; Norway; Population based

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE PAIN; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NORWAY; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33747345936     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000231734.56161.6b     Document Type: Article

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