Is the report of widespread body pain associated with long-term increased mortality? Data from the Mini-Finland health survey

Rheumatology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 805-807

  Macfarlane, Gary J ^a,e   Jones, G T ^a   Knekt, P ^b   Aromaa, A ^b   McBeth, J ^c   Mikkelsson, M ^d   Heliovaara, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e Section of Translational Medical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cohort study; Mortality; Widespread pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC PAIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FIBROMYALGIA; FINLAND; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34347264180     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kel403     Document Type: Article

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