Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 87-92 , June 2008

Epidemiology and Natural History of Low Back Pain

  • Kamran Majid, MD

      Affiliations

    • William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Kamran Majid, William Beaumont Hospital, 3535 West Thirteen Mile Road, Suite 744, Royal Oak, MI 48073.
    • ,
  • Eeric Truumees, MD

      Affiliations

    • William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI.
    • Harold W. Gehring Center for Biomechanical Research and Implant Analysis, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2008.02.003

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 87-92 , June 2008

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