Epidemiological profile of symptomatic osteoarthritis in older adults: A population based study in Dicomano, Italy

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 576-578

  Mannoni, A ^a   Briganti, M P ^b   Di Bari, M ^b   Ferrucci, L ^c   Costanzo, S ^c   Serni, U ^a   Masotti, G ^b   Marchionni, N ^b  

^a Geriatric Department   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; ITALY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0038823926     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.6.576     Document Type: Article

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