Prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases in guatemala, central America: The COPCORD study of 2 populations

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 170-174

  Obregón Ponce, Ariel ^a,b   Iraheta, Isa ^a   García Ferrer, Helga ^a   Mejia, Bayardo ^b   García Kutzbach, Abraham ^a  

^a Universidad Francisco Marroquin   (Guatemala)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

COPCORD Guatemala; epidemiology; Kaqchiquel ethnicity; musculoskeletal diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE PAIN; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GOUT; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONARTICULAR RHEUMATISM; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862168299     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: 15367355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3182583803     Document Type: Article

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