Making osteoarthritis a public health priority: Several initiatives are placing this chronic illness on the national agenda

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 112, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  White, Patience H ^a   Waterman, Mary ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

national initiative; osteoarthritis; public health

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX RATIO; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858245802     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000412647.18173.62     Document Type: Article

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