Forty-six million Americans have arthritis: True or false?

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1220-1225

  Silman, Alan J ^a,b  

^a Arthritis Research Campaign   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTHRITIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHRITIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43949130756     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23472     Document Type: Review

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