Social and Economic Effects of Rheumatic Diseases in a Mining Population
Annals of the Rheumatic DiseasesPublished 1 December 1962Open access
Jane Anderson, J. J. R. Duthie, B. P. Moody
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Observations clearly indicate that rheumatic complaints are responsible for much of the certified incapacity that occurs in industry, but in order to explore their other social and economic effects the overall prevalence of complaints in the community must be ascertained.
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