Geographic variation in the prevalence of Raynaud's phenomenon: A 5 region comparison

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 879-889

  Maricq, Hildegard R ^a,e   Carpentier, Patrick H ^b   Weinrich, Martin C ^c   Keil, Julian E ^d   Palesch, Yuko ^a   Biro, Christine ^b   Vionnet Fuasset, Michèle ^a   Jiguet, Myriam ^a   Valter, Ivo ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Department of Epidemiology ^*

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

CLIMATE; COLD EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RAYNAUD'S PHENOMENON

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLIMATE; COLD EXPOSURE; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; COLD CLIMATE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAYNAUD DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0030919435     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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