Effect of weather on back pain: Results from a case-crossover study

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1867-1872

  Steffens, Daniel ^a,b   Maher, Chris G ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Ferreira, Manuela L ^a   Pereira, Leani S M ^b   Koes, Bart W ^c   Latimer, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WIND; AUSTRALIA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEASON;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 84912118965     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22378     Document Type: Article

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