The global challenges and opportunities in the practice of rheumatology: White paper by the World Forum on Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 819-829

  Al Maini, Mustafa ^a,n   Adelowo, Femi ^b   Al Saleh, Jamal ^c   Al Weshahi, Yousef ^d   Burmester, Gerd Rüdiger ^e   Cutolo, Maurizio ^f   Flood, Joseph ^g   March, Lyn ^h   McDonald Blumer, Heather ⁱ   Pile, Kevin ^j   Pineda, Carlos ^k   Thorne, Carter ^l   Kvien, Tore K ^m  

^a MAFRAQ HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c DUBAI HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^d OMAN MEDICAL SPECIALTY BOARD   (Oman)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^g THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^k INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE REHABILITACIÓN   (Mexico)

^l SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^m DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

ⁿ WFRMD   (United Arab Emirates)

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Author keywords

Clinical trials; Diagnostic tests; Epidemiology; Medical education; Public health; Rheumatic diseases

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 84939967981     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-014-2841-6     Document Type: Article

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