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Low back pain, smoking and employment during pregnancy and after delivery - a 3-month follow-up study

Eirikur Lindal, A. Hauksson, Sigrun Arnardottir, J. P. Hallgrimsson Departments of Psychiatry, and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National University Hospital, and Maternity Division, Primary Health Care Centre, Reykjav k, Iceland
Pages 263-266 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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