Disability associated with low back pain in Mulago Hospital, Kampala Uganda

African Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-176

  Galukande, Moses ^a   Muwazi, S ^a   Mugisa, B D ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RECREATION; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SITTING; SLEEP; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRAVEL; UGANDA; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SICK LEAVE; UGANDA;

EID: 34347402078     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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