Can we reduce the burden of musculoskeletal conditions? The European action towards better musculoskeletal health

Best Practice and Research in Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-3

  Woolf, Anthony D ^a   Åkesson, Kristina ^b  

^a ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CAREGIVER; CONSULTATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; LIMB INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK DISABILITY;

EID: 33847751893     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2006.10.002     Document Type: Note

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