Low prevalence of knee and back pain in southeast China; the Shantou COPCORD study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2439-2443

  Zeng, Qing Yu ^a   Chen, Ren ^b   Xiao, Zheng Yu ^a   Huang, Shao Bi ^a   Liu, Yuan ^a   Xu, Jing Cai ^b   Chen, Shun Le ^c   Darmawan, John ^d   Couchman, Kenneth G ^e   Wigley, Richard D ^e   Muirden, Kenneth D ^f  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b Chenghai Municipal Hospital   (China)

^c Shanghai 2nd Medical College   (China)

^d Seroja Clinic

^e PALMERSTON NORTH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Climate; Epidemiology; Knee; Low back pain; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0141630439     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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