Body mass index as a risk factor for developing chronic low back pain: A follow-up in the nord-trøndelag health study

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Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-139

  Heuch, Ingrid ^a   Heuch, Ivar ^b   Hagen, Knut ^c   Zwart, John Anker ^a,d  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

BMI; follow up; low back pain; Norway; obesity; overweight

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84872941222     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182647af2     Document Type: Article

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