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Factors Influencing Work Interference in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Residency Research Network of Texas (RRNeT) Study

Richard A. Young, Terrell Benold, John Whitham and Sandra Burge
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2011, 24 (5) 503-510; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2011.05.100298
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