Joint disorders at ages 70, 75 and 79 years a cross-sectional comparison

Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 333-341

  Bergstrom, G ^a   Bjelle, A ^b   Sundh, V ^a   Svanborg, A ^a  

^a Long term Care Medicine Vasa Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; CARTILAGE; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; HUMAN; JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BACK PAIN; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0022910863     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/25.4.333     Document Type: Article

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