Musculoskeletal disability among elderly people in the community

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 168, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 439-442

  March, Lyn M ^a,b   Brnabic, Alan J M ^a   Skinner, John C ^a   Schwarz, Jennifer M ^b   Finnegan, Terrence ^b   Druce, Jane ^b   Brooks, Peter M ^c,d  

^a Ctrl/S Sydney Public Health Unit   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACKACHE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF REPORT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0032482212     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb139023.x     Document Type: Article

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