Is there an urban-rural divide? Population surveys of rheumatic musculoskeletal disorders in the Pune Region of India using the COPCORD Bhigwan model

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 614-622

  Joshi, Vaijayanti Lagu ^a   Chopra, Arvind ^a  

^a Center for Rheumatic Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

Community oriented program for control of rheumatic diseases; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Rheumatic musculoskeletal disorders; Urban rural divide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE PAIN; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CALF (BOVINE); COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY ORIENTED PROGRAM FOR CONTROL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOUT; HAND; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PLANTAR ULCER; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RURAL AREA; SCIENCE; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; SOFT TISSUE; STANDARD; THIGH; TRAINING; URBAN AREA; VOLUNTEER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WRIST; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649103019     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.080675     Document Type: Article

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