Deaths from arthritis and other rheumatic conditions, United States, 1979-1998

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1823-1828

  Sacks, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Helmick, Charles G ^a   Langmaid, Gary ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHRITIS; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444266615     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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