Patterns of joint pain: Lessons from epidemiology

Rheumatology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 408-409

  Birrell, Fraser N ^a,b,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WANSBECK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE;

ARTHRALGIA; BODY MASS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEREDITY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PAIN; MALE; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 1842833400     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh129     Document Type: Editorial

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