Rheumatic disease in the Australian Aborigine of Cape York Peninsula: A 1965 study

APLAR Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-241

  Douglas, William Alexander ^a,b  

^a Rheumatologist in Private Practice   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous population; Prevalence; Rheumatic disease

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STANDARD; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 23444447452     PISSN: 02190494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8077.2004.00098.x     Document Type: Review

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