The national burdens of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis in Japan: Projections to the year 2010, with future changes in severity distribution

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-290

  Suka, Machi ^a   Yoshida, Katsumi ^a   Izuno, Takashi ^b  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Epidemiology; Osteoarthritis (OA); Projection; Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX;

EID: 9944255485     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-004-0310-9     Document Type: Article

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