Proxy reporting and the increasing prevalance of arthritis in Canada

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 169-173

  Perruccio, Anthony V ^a,b   Badley, Elizabeth M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 2942706088     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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