Clinical comorbidity in patients with osteoarthritis: A case-control study of general practice consumers in England and Wales

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 408-414

  Kadam, U T ^a   Jordan, K ^a   Croft, P R ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTESTINE DIVERTICULOSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHLEBITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SPRAIN; TENDON DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; WALES;

EID: 1842557902     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.007526     Document Type: Review

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