Incidence of inflammatory myopathies in Victoria, Australia, and evidence of spatial clustering

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1094-1100

  Patrick, Mark ^a   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^b,c   Jolley, Damien ^d   Dennett, Xenia ^d   Buchanan, Russell ^d  

^a Austin Res Inst Repatriation M   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Dermatomyositis incidence; Myositis; Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; MYOSITIS; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032908114     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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