Red flags for back pain

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Underwood, Martin ^a   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b CABRINI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

AGING; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; LOW BACK PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINE CANCER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84890043910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f7432     Document Type: Editorial

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