An epidemiological study of rheumatoid arthritis in a northern Ontario clinical practice: The role of ethnicity

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-35

  Jacono, John ^a   Jacono, Brenda ^a   Cana, Pablo ^b   Segami, Maria ^c   Rubin, Laurence ^d  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030185402     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1996.01554.x     Document Type: Article

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