Low and stable prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in northern France

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 497-500

  Biver, Emmanuel ^a   Beague, Véronique ^b   Verloop, David ^b   Mollet, Dominique ^b   Lajugie, Dominique ^b   Baudens, Guy ^c   Neirinck, Patrick ^b   Flipo, René Marc ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie des Travailleurs Salaries   (France)

^c Réseau RIC   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health insurance; Northern France; Prevalence; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX RATIO;

EID: 70449531377     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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