The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 340-343

  Simonsson, Margareta ^a   Bergman, Stefan ^b   Jacobsson, Lennart T H ^a   Petersson, Ingemar F ^c   Svensson, Björn ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Primary Care Centre Hertig Knut   (Sweden)

^c Spenshult's Hosp for Rheum Dis   (Sweden)

Author keywords

1987 ARA criteria; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCREENING; SEX RATIO; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033451802     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009749950155319     Document Type: Article

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