School children's backpacks, back pain and back pathologies

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 730-732

  Rodríguez Oviedo, Paloma ^a   Ruano Ravina, Alberto ^b,c   Pérez Ríos, Mónica ^b   García, Francisco Blanco ^d   Gómez Fernández, Dorotea ^a   Fernández Alonso, Anselmo ^a   Carreira Núñez, Isabel ^a   García Pacios, Pilar ^a   Turiso, Javier ^e  

^a HOSPITAL DA COSTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; BACK PAIN; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SCOLIOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; STUDENTS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84864719879     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-301253     Document Type: Article

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