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Editor’s Choice

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The following articles have been selected by the Editor, Victoria Neale, to be made freely available to readers. We hope you enjoy this sample of the journal’s research.

Psychosocial risk factors for chronic low back pain in primary care--a systematic review

Aline Ramond, Celine Bouton, Isabelle Richard, Yves Roquelaure, Christophe Baufreton, Erick Legrand, and Jean-Francois Huez

The effect of a patient education booklet and BP ‘tracker’ on knowledge about hypertension. A randomized controlled trial

Martin G Dawes, Janusz Kaczorowski, Graham Swanson, John Hickey, and Tina Karwalajtys

Identification of patients with asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction: ‘real practice’ results in primary care

Gaetano D'Ambrosio, Alessandro Filippi, Raffaele Labriola, Maria S Padula, and Claudio Cricelli

Effectiveness of a geriatric intervention in primary care: a randomized clinical trial

Rosa Monteserin, Carlos Brotons, Irene Moral, Salvador Altimir, Antonio San José, Sebastián Santaeugenia, Jaume Sellarès, and Jaume Padrós

Frequent attendance of primary care out-of-hours services in The Netherlands: characteristics of patients and presented morbidity

Dianne den Boer-Wolters, Mirjam J Knol, Kien Smulders, and Niek J de Wit

Young people and their GP: a register-based study of 1717 Norwegian GPs

Øystein Hetlevik, Kjell Haug, and Sturla Gjesdal