Estimation of the Prevalence of Rheumatic Diseases in Israel

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 473-478

  Yaron, Michael ^a   Caspi, Dan ^a   Kaufman, Ilana ^a   Zemach, Mina ^b   Grotto, Itamar ^c   Altman, Roy ^d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Dahaf Research Institute   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Israel; Jewish population; Prevalence of rheumatic diseases; Survey; Validation of COPCORD questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY ORIENTED PROGRAM FOR THE CONTROL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES CORE QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISRAEL; JEW; KNEE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCREENING TEST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; TELEMEDICINE; UNEMPLOYMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WINTER; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79953060199     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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