Burden of musculoskeletal disease and its determination by urbanicity, socioeconomic status, age, and sex: Results from 14,507 subjects

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1558-1564

  Vavken, Patrick ^a,b   Dorotka, Ronald ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c Orthopedic City Center Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLICY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPINE DISEASE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHRITIS; AUSTRIA; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPINAL DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80055071338     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20558     Document Type: Article

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