Racial differences in the incidence of acute low back pain in United States military service members

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1688-1692

  Knox, Jeffrey B ^a   Orchowski, Joseph R ^a   Owens, Brett ^b  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KELLER ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; low back pain; race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; NEGRO; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865864756     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318255a07b     Document Type: Article

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