Low prevalences of chronic widespread pain and shoulder disorders among the Pima Indians

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 907-909

  Jacobsson, Lennart T H ^a,c   Nagi, Dinesh K ^b   Pillemer, Stanley R ^a   Knowler, William C ^b   Hanson, Robert L ^b   Pettitt, David J ^b   Bennett, Peter H ^b  

^a NIAMS ^*  (United States)

^b NIDDK   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

American Indians; Epidemiology; Fibromyalgia; Shoulder girdle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER GIRDLE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARIZONA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; JOINT DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 0029992416     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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