Arthritis in Indian country: Determining the prevalence and effects

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 224-231

  Elliott, Barbara A ^a,b   Johnson, Karen M ^c   Leff, Robert D ^c   Day, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

American Indians; Arthritis; Self reported Arthritis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0034149669     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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