The incidences of and consultation rate for lower extremity complaints in general practice

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 809-815

  Van Der Waal, J M ^b   Bot, S D M ^b   Terwee, Caroline B ^a,b   Van Der Windt, D A W M ^a,b   Schellevis, F G ^c   Bouter, L M ^b   Dekker, J ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KNEE; LEG; LEG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OFFICE VISITS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33744461309     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.036988     Document Type: Article

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