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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Healthcare provider back pain beliefs unaffected by a media campaign

Erik L. Werner Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen; Department of Research and Development, Hospital for Rehabilitation, Stavern – Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet Medical Center, Oslo, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Douglas P. Gross Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Stein Atle Lie The Research Unit, The Norwegian Back Pain Network, Unifob Health, Bergen, Norway
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Camilla Ihlebæk The Research Unit, The Norwegian Back Pain Network, Unifob Health, Bergen, Norway
Pages 50-56 | Received 04 Jul 2007, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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