Higher incidence of common diagnoses in patients with low back pain in primary care

Pain Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Bartholomeeusen, Stefaan ^a   Van Zundert, Jan ^b,c   Truyers, Carla ^a   Buntinx, Frank ^a,d   Paulus, Dominique ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e BELGIAN HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE KCE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Database; Epidemiology; Family practice; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BURSITIS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84855735750     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2011.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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