Arthritis and the aging population: Projections of arthritis prevalence in Canada 1991 to 2031

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 138-144

  Badley, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Wang, Peizhong Peter ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Epidemiology; Population projections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CANADA; CHILD; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHRITIS; CANADA; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031985432     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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