Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 707-720 , August 2006

Chronic low back pain in a working-age adult

  • Shari Diamond, MD (Fellow)

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Division of Rheumatology, The George Washington University Medical Center, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 3-416, Washington, DC 20037, USA. Tel.: +1 202 741 2493; Fax: +1 202 741 2490.

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doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2006.04.002

Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 707-720 , August 2006

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