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International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices Volume 3 (2016), Article ID 3:IJNCP-198, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2016/198
Review Article
What are the Most Common Factors Contributing to Physical Lower Back Pain among Working Nurses?-A Systematic Review Study

Ali Ebrahim1*, Maryam Jassim2 and Moeen Aboabdo3

1Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Royal Collage of Surgeon, Ireland Bahrain
2Nursing student, Royal Collage of Surgeon, Ireland Bahrain
3Medical student, Royal Collage of Surgeon, Ireland Bahrain
Ali Ebrahim, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Royal Collage of Surgeon, Ireland Bahrain; E-mail: aliebrahim@rcsi-mub.com
13 June 2016; 06 September 2016; 08 September 2016
Ebrahim A, Jassim M, Aboabdo M (2016) What are the Most Common Factors Contributing to Physical Lower Back Pain among Working Nurses?-A Systematic Review Study. Int J Nurs Clin Pract 3: 198. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2016/198
© 2016 Ebrahim et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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