Do occupational health assessments match guidelines for low back pain?

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 485-489

  Walsh, Luke ^a,d   Menzies, Donald ^a   Chamberlain, Kathryn ^a   Agius, Raymond ^b,c   Gittins, Matthew ^c  

^a STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Back pain; Guidelines; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL AUDIT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 54949136886     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn097     Document Type: Article

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