Rheumatic diseases in the APLAR region

APLAR Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-10

  Davatchi, Fereydoun ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BANGLADESH; CHINA; COMMUNITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELBOW DISEASE; FIBROMYALGIA; GOUT; HAND DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; IRAN; KNEE PAIN; KUWAIT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALAYSIA; NECK PAIN; NONARTICULAR RHEUMATISM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PAKISTAN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

EID: 33746481590     PISSN: 02190494     EISSN: 14798077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8077.2006.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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