Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Pages 245-250 , March 2000

Back pain and obesity in the 1958 British birth cohort: cause or effect?

  • Julie K Lake

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
    • ,
  • Chris Power

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 171 242 9789, ext. 2106; fax: 44 171 242 2723
    • ,
  • Tim J Cole

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK

Received 19 May 1999 ,Revised 27 May 1999 ,Accepted 21 July 1999.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Pages 245-250 , March 2000

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