The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in argentina: A capture-recapture study in a city of Buenos Aires Province

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 317-321

  Scublinsky, Dario ^a,b   Venarotti, Horacio ^c   Citera, Gustavo ^d   Messina, Osvaldo D ^e   Scheines, Eduardo ^d   Rillo, Oscar ^f   Arturi, Alfredo ^g   Hofman, Julio ^h   Somma, Luis F ⁱ   Casado, Gustavo ^b   Iannantuono, Rubén F ^a,b   Gonzalez, Claudio D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b FEFyM Foundation   (Argentina)

^c Central Militar Hospital   (Argentina)

^d National Institute of Disabilities   (Argentina)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL DE AGUDOS DR COSME ARGERICH   (Argentina)

^f Tornu Hospital   (Argentina)

^g San Martin Hospital of la Plata   (Argentina)

^h Castex Hospital   (Argentina)

ⁱ Nuestra Señora de Luján Hospital   (Argentina)

Author keywords

epidemiology; prevalence; Rheumatoid arthritis; survey

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049287592     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181f3bfdd     Document Type: Article

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