title: Commentary: When East meets West--comments on 'Back pain as a communicable disease'.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. rbach@ispm.unibe.ch
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reichenbach
authors.forename: Jeffrey N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Katz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005859:Germany, East / Q000453:epidemiology; D005860:Germany, West / Q000453:epidemiology; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution