Epidemiology of the Rheumatic Diseases (Oxford Medical Publications) - Hardcover

 
9780192631497: Epidemiology of the Rheumatic Diseases (Oxford Medical Publications)

Synopsis

Epidemiology of Rheumatic Diseases 2e summarizes all the all the available data on the occurrence and risk factors for the major epidemiological, musculosketal, connective tissue and bone disorders. The aim is to provide a comprehensive overview of published data world-wide and include such aspects as temporal and geographical trends in disease, contribution of genetic, constitutional and environmental factors to disease occurrence as well as the influence of traditional epidemiological risk factors such as age and gender. The available data is critically appraised to provide the reader with some information as to the relative robustness of the published material. Since the first edition was published in 1993 there have been major advances in all the subject areas covered in the book. As a consequence much of the original material is now out of date and the book has been extensively re-written. Additional chapters have been added on systematic vasculities and Paget's disease and much more attention has been given to neck and upper limb pain disorders as well as chronic widespread pain and fibromyalgia. In addition a new chapter has been provided reviewing population studies as a whole of musculosketal morbidity. The authors have also taken the opportunity to comletely rewrite the section on genetics taking advantage of the tremendous advances in this area.

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About the Author

Alan Silman is a Professor of Rheumatology, ARC Unit, Manchester University Medical School. Marc Hochberg is in the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Maryland, Baltimore.

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ISBN 10:  0192623567 ISBN 13:  9780192623560
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1993
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