Neck pain in a sample of Greek urban population (Fifteen to Sixty-Five Years): Analysis according to personal and socioeconomic characteristics

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Stranjalis, George ^a   Kalamatianos, Theodosis ^a   Stavrinou, Lampis C ^a   Tsamandouraki, Kiki ^b   Alamanos, Yiannis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Region of Ionian Islands ^*  (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

demographic; epidemiology; Greek; neck pain; prevalence; socioeconomic; urban

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; BRACE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NECK INJURY; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; WHITE COLLAR WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960699285     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182054add     Document Type: Article

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