Rheumatoid arthritis: A commonly misused diagnosis by the general population

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 264-266

  Gram, I T ^a   Riise, T ^a   Honda, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mailed Questionnaires; Prevalence; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Self reporting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030916453     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02238961     Document Type: Article

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