Burden and control of musculoskeletal conditions in developing countries: A joint WHO/ILAR/BJD meeting report

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1217-1227

  Pfleger, Bruce ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Burden of illness; Developing countries; Musculoskeletal diseases; Rheumatic diseases

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATALITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENETIC RISK; GOUT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LIFESTYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REMISSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CARE; SEROLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; X RAY;

BONE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; SOCIETIES; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34447127453     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0645-7     Document Type: Review

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