Onset to first visit intervals in childhood rheumatic diseases

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1913-1917

  Shapiro, Cal ^a   Maenz, Lynn ^b   Hossain, Md Alomgir ^b   Pahwa, Punam ^b   Rosenberg, Alan ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delivery of healthcare; Health services accessibility; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SASKATCHEWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35948948169     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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