Prevalence and Correlates of Low Back Pain in Primary Care: What Are the Contributing Factors in a Rapidly Developing Country

Asian Spine Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 227-236

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b   Dafeeah, Elnour Elnaeim ^a   Alnaqbi, Khalid ^c  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Life style habits; Low back pain; Primary health care; Risk factors; Roland Morris disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902506481     PISSN: 19761902     EISSN: 19767846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4184/asj.2014.8.3.227     Document Type: Article

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