The national burden of musculoskeletal pain in Japan projections to the year 2055

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 313-319

  Suka, Machi ^a   Yoshida, Katsumi ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Musculoskeletal pain; Prevalence; Quality adjusted life year

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; JAPAN; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 67649550741     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31818c00c5     Document Type: Article

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