Back and neck pain and psychopathology in rural sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from the Gilgel Gibe Growth and Development Study, Ethiopia.

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Abdulrahman M El-Sayed1, Craig Hadley, Fasil Tessema, Ayalew Tegegn, John A Cowan, Sandro Galea

Author Affiliations

1: From the *Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; †University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI; ‡Department of Anthropology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; §Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia; ¶Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI; ∥Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and **Center for Global Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

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