Osteoarthritis and joint complaints epidemiologic study in town and rural Ural inhabitants

Autor: O M Lesnyak, N N Krokhina, O E Alferova, A G Solodovnikov, A G Zakroeva, O F Ryahitsevu, E. M. Avdeeva
Jazyk: ruština
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Научно-практическая ревматология, Vol 46, Iss 6, Pp 27-32 (2008)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1995-4484
1995-4492
DOI: 10.14412/1995-4484-2008-487
Popis: Objective. To study the prevalence of osteoarthritis and joint complaints among urban and rural inhabitants Material and methods. Simultaneous cross-sectional epidemiological study among inhabitants of Revda town and nine rural settlements of Nevijansk farmland in the Sverdlovsk region. Results, questionnaire-based survey showed that the prevalence of joint pain and complaints of joint swelling was higher in the rural population (44,9% and 16,7% correspondingly) compared to town population (26,4% and 6,7% correspondingly), p
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