The Association between Smoking and Low Back Pain: A Meta-analysis

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Shiri, Rahman ^a   Karppinen, Jaro ^a,b   Leino Arjas, Päivi ^a   Solovieva, Svetlana ^a   Viikari Juntura, Eira ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Incidence; Prevalence; Publication bias; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBASE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 72649103694     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.05.028     Document Type: Article

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