Is there a difference in the perception of symptoms between African Americans and Whites with osteoarthritis?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1305-1310

  Ang, Dennis C ^a   Ibrahim, Said A ^b   Burant, Chris J ^c   Kwoh, C Kent ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Health Service; Joint Arthroplasty; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCOME; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VETERANS;

EID: 0037643275     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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