Health status of adults with Short Stature: A comparison with the normal population and one well-known chronic disease (Rheumatoid Arthritis)

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Johansen, Heidi ^a   Andresen, Inger Lise ^a   Naess, Eva E ^b   Hagen, Kare Birger ^c  

^a SUNNAAS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Frambu National Centre for Rare Disorders   (Norway)

^c DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BODY HEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34247854933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17501172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-1172-2-10     Document Type: Article

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