Musculoskeletal pain in Malaysia: A COPCORD survey

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 207-213

  Veerapen, Kiran ^a,d   Wigley, Richard D ^b   Valkenburg, Hans ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b WHO Centre for the Epidemiology of Rheumatic Disease   (New Zealand)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copcord; Epidemiology; Malaysia; Musculoskeletal pain; Rheumatic; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; CHINESE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF MEDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; BACK PAIN; CHINA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; KNEE JOINT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33846240927     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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