Prevalence and impact of chronic widespread pain in the Bangladeshi and White populations of Tower Hamlets, East London

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1375-1382

  Choudhury, Yasmin ^a   Bremner, Stephen A ^a   Ali, Anwara ^b   Eldridge, Sandra ^a   Griffiths, Chris J ^a   Hussain, Iqbal ^c   Parsons, Suzanne ^d   Rahman, Anisur ^e   Underwood, Martin ^f  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Spitalfields Practice   (United Kingdom)

^c EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Comparative prevalence; Ethnicity; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHRONIC PAIN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883240800     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-013-2286-3     Document Type: Article

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