Degenerative joint disease in a Jamaican rural population.
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Degenerative joint disease in a Jamaican rural population.
Although degenerative joint disease is known to be very frequent in temperate climates and is responsible for a large proportion of the rheumatic complaints in old people, little information is available on its frequency in tropical and sub-tropical populations. Geographical studies undertaken in Northern Europe and America have indicated regional difference, the radiological changes of osteo-a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1968
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.27.4.326