Management Options for Patients with Chronic Back Pain without an Etiology

Health Services Insights

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Salzberg, Lenny D ^a   Manusov, Eron G ^b  

^a Faculty Development Fellowship   (United States)

^b Behavioral Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

back pain; management; non specific

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959526096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/HSI.S10469     Document Type: Review

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