SPORT and the Canadian Experience

Spine Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-265

  Fisher, Charles ^a   Bishop, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NERVE ROOT; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SAFETY; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCIATICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247622507     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2007.03.001     Document Type: Editorial

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