A call to integrate musculoskeletal disorders into the national programme for non-communicable diseases (NCD)

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 499-501

  Mathew, Ashish J ^a   Rahim, Asma ^b   Bina, Thomas ^c   Paul, Binoy J ^b   Chopra, Arvind ^c  

^a Medical College Hospital Thiruvananthapuram   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Centre for Rheumatic Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TENOSYNOVITIS;

BONE DISEASES; HUMANS; INDIA; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS;

EID: 84867150599     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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