Socio-demographic and clinical aspects of rheumatoid arthritis

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 204-211

  Owino, B O ^a   Oyoo, G O ^b   Otieno, C F ^b  

^a KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949390726     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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