The contribution of six chronic conditions to the total burden of mobility disability in the Dutch population

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1680-1682

  Picavet, H Susan J ^a   Van Den Bos, Geertrudis A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0030681269     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.10.1680     Document Type: Article

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