Prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in Belgrade, Yugoslavia

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 729-732

  Stojanovic R ^a   Vlajinac, H ^b   Palic Obradovic D ^a   Janosevic S ^b   Adanja, B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Chronic arthritis; Cross sectional study; Epidemiology; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; URBAN POPULATION; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0031851645     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/37.7.729     Document Type: Article

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