The public neglect of rheumatic diseases: Insights from analyses of attendees in a musculoskeletal disease awareness activity

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 697-699

  Machold, Klaus P ^a   Köller, Marcus D ^a   Pflugbeil, Stephan ^b   Zimmermann, Christof ^b   Wagner, Ernst ^c   Stuby, Ulrike ^d   Aletaha, Daniel ^a   Stamm, Tanja A ^a   Mayrhofer, Franz ^e   Dunky, Attila ^f   Hermann, Josef ^g   Ilias, Wilfried ^h   Smolen, Josef S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Hietzing Hospital   (Austria)

^c Institute for Rheumatology   (Austria)

^d KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^e Special Hospital of the PVA   (Austria)

^f WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^h KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 34248203734     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.062422     Document Type: Article

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