The WHO-ILAR COPCORD Bhigwan (India) model: Foundation for a future COPCORD design and data repository

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 443-447

  Chopra, Arvind ^a  

^a Bharati Vidyapeeth's Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

COPCORD; COPCORD Bhigwan; ILAR; Rheumatic disorders; Rheumatology; WHO

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; INDIA; INFORMATION STORAGE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 33746513812     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0273-7     Document Type: Review

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