The prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints in a rural area in Iran: A WHO-ILAR COPCORD study (stage 1, rural study) in Iran

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1267-1274

  Davatchi, Fereydoun ^a   Tehrani Banihashemi, Arash ^a   Gholami, Jaleh ^a   Faezi, Seyedeh Tahereh ^a   Forouzanfar, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Salesi, Mansour ^a   Karimifar, Mansour ^a   Essalatmanesh, Kamal ^a   Barghamdi, Mojgan ^a   Noorolahzadeh, Elham ^a   Dahaghin, Saideh ^a   Rasker, Johannes J ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

COPCORD; Epidemiology; Musculoskeletal; Rheumatic diseases; Rheumatic disorders; Rural Iran

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELBOW DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOOT DISEASE; HAND DISEASE; HIP DISEASE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LEG DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONARTICULAR RHEUMATISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RURAL AREA; SHOULDER DISEASE; SPINE DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WRIST DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349512179     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-009-1234-8     Document Type: Article

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