Community survey of factors associated with consultation for low back pain.

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Published in BMJ on December 05, 1998

Authors

R Waxman1, A Tennant, P Helliwell

Author Affiliations

1: Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Research Unit, University of Leeds Research School of Medicine, Leeds, UK. rwaxman@leeds.ac.uk

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