Rheumatic Disease in an Australian Aboriginal Community in North Queensland, Australia. A WHO-ILAR COPCORD Survey

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 965-972

  Minaur, Nicola ^a,d   Sawyers, Steven ^b   Parker, Jonathan ^a   Darmawan, John ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Queen Elizabeth Hospital

^c WHO Collaborating Center   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australian; COPCORD; Prevalence; Rheumatic diseases

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENDER; GOUT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK; SHOULDER PAIN; SOFT TISSUE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 2342570954     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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