Should people who have joint symptoms, but no diagnosis of arthritis from a doctor, be included in surveillance efforts?

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 150-154

  Bolen, Julie ^a,e   Helmick, Charles G ^a   Sacks, Jeffrey J ^b   Gizlice, Ziya ^c   Potter, Catima ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Sue Binder Consulting   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^e Mailstop E 88 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNICITY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GOUT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAMPLE; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JOINT DISEASES; KANSAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OKLAHOMA; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; UTAH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952207678     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20313     Document Type: Article

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