A systematic review of the global prevalence of low back pain.

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Published in Arthritis Rheum on January 09, 2012

Authors

Damian Hoy1, Christopher Bain, Gail Williams, Lyn March, Peter Brooks, Fiona Blyth, Anthony Woolf, Theo Vos, Rachelle Buchbinder

Author Affiliations

1: University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia. d.hoy@uq.edu.au

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