Chronic joint symptoms and prior arthritis diagnosis in community surveys: Implications for arthritis prevalence estimates

Public Health Reports

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 230-239

  Feinglass, Joe ^a   Nelson, Cynthia ^b   Lawther, Timothy ^c   Chang, Rowland W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0037865320     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50244-3     Document Type: Article

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