Epidemiology of the rheumatic diseases

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-97

  Rooney, Brian K ^a   Silman, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RISK FACTOR; SCLERODERMA; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032796530     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002281-199903000-00002     Document Type: Review

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