Managing low back pain presenting to primary care: where do we go from here?

Affiliations

¹ Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration, Epidemiology Group, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom.

Review

Gary J Macfarlane et al. Pain. 2006 Jun.

. 2006 Jun;122(3):219-222.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.03.013. Epub 2006 Apr 12.

¹ Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration, Epidemiology Group, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom.

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