Prevalence studies in rheumatology: the methodology of the Chiavari study

• Principais autores: M.A. Cimmino (Autor), A. Zampogna (Autor), S. Murroni (Autor), S. Baruffi (Autor), G. Alessio (Autor), T. Maio (Autor), G.S. Mela (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: PAGEPress Publications, 2002-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objectives: Goals of epidemiological studies are the description of the measures of frequency of diseases, the attempt to clarify possible etiopathogenic mechanisms, and the provision of data to support health policy decisions. To increase the familiarity of rheumatologists toward epidemiology, we d...