Acculturation and the prevalence of pain amongst South Asian minority ethnic groups in the UK

Rheumatology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1009-1014

  Palmer, B ^a   Macfarlane, G ^b   Afzal, C ^a   Esmail, A ^a   Silman, A ^a   Lunt, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Cross sectional; Ethnic; Population based; Prevalence; Questionnaire development; South Asian; Widespread pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CLOTHING; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34447336930     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem037     Document Type: Article

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