Systemic lupus erythematosus in migrants from west Africa compared with Afro-Caribbean people in the UK

Lancet

Volumn 357, Issue 9266, 2001, Pages 1414-1415

  Molokhia, Mariam ^a   McKeigue, Paul M ^a   Cuadrado, Maria ^b   Hughes, Graham ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035810616     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04580-3     Document Type: Article

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