A clinical return-to-work rule for patients with back pain.

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Published in CMAJ on June 07, 2005

Authors

Clermont E Dionne1, Renée Bourbonnais, Pierre Frémont, Michel Rossignol, Susan R Stock, Isabelle Larocque

Author Affiliations

1: Unité de recherche en santé des populations, Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire de Québec, Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement, Québec, QC. clermont.dionne@uresp.ulaval.ca

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