Subclassification of low back pain: A cross-country comparison

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 865-879

  Billis, Evdokia V ^a,b   McCarthy, Christopher J ^c   Oldham, Jacqueline A ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAMIA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Cross country comparison; Cross cultural; Culture; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; LOW BACK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; ORTHOPEDICS;

EID: 34447296480     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0313-2     Document Type: Review

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