Clinical management of occupational low back pain in Australia: What is the real picture?

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-380

  Hush, Julia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Injury; Low back pain; Occupational; Rehabilitation; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEAR; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58549104891     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-008-9149-9     Document Type: Article

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