Low back pain risk factors in a large rural Australian Aboriginal community. An opportunity for managing co-morbidities?

Chiropractic and Osteopathy

Volumn 13, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Vindigni, Dein ^a   Walker, Bruce F ^b   Jamison, Jennifer R ^c   Da Costa, Cliff ^d   Parkinson, Lynne ^e   Blunden, Steve ^f  

^a Private Practice of Chiropractic   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f Durri Aboriginal Corporation Medical Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous; Low back painrisk factorschiropracticgeneral healthAustralianAboriginal

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847138040     PISSN: 17461340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1340-13-21     Document Type: Article

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