Epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis in Finland

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 325-334

  Aho, K ^a   Kaipiainen Seppanen, O ^a   Heliovaara, M ^a   Klaukka, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disability; Incidence; Prevalence; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

AGE; DISABILITY; FINLAND; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0031949359     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-0172(98)80053-X     Document Type: Article

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