Trends in physician-diagnosed osteoarthritis incidence in an administrative database in British Columbia, Canada, 1996-1997 through 2003-2004.

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Published in Arthritis Rheum on July 15, 2008

Authors

Jacek A Kopec1, M Mushfiqur Rahman, Eric C Sayre, Jolanda Cibere, William M Flanagan, Jaafar Aghajanian, Aslam H Anis, Joanne M Jordan, Elizabeth M Badley

Author Affiliations

1: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. jkopec@arthritisresearch.ca

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