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Epidemiology of rheumatic musculoskeletal disorders in the developing world.
The epidemiology of rheumatic musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders in the developing world is much less well known than it is in the developed world. We expect ethnicity, traditions, socioeconomics and lifestyles to have an impact, but overall data are sparse. This report focuses on the WHO-ILAR COPCORD (community-oriented programme for control of rheumatic diseases). COPCORD was designed to collect...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.42.3.269