Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Page 284 , February 2009

Woman With Low Back Pain

  • Yu-Tse Tsan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Sung-Yuan Hu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • National Taichung Nursing College, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Tzu-Chieh Lin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan, Republic of China

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.05.022

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Page 284 , February 2009

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