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A national survey of musculoskeletal impairment in Rwanda: prevalence, causes and service implications.
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BACKGROUND: Accurate information on the prevalence and causes of musculoskeletal impairment (MSI) is lacking in low income countries. We present a new survey methodology that is based on sound epidemiological principles and is linked to the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Functioning. METHODS: Clusters were selected with probability proportionate to size. Households were selected within clusters through compact segment sampling. 105 clusters of 80 people (all ages...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1371/journal.pone.0002851
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- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PloS one Journal website
- Volume:
- 3
- Issue:
- 7
- Article number:
- e2851
- Publication date:
- 2008-01-01
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1932-6203
- ISSN:
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1932-6203
- Source identifiers:
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108403
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- Language:
- English
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uuid:8793aeb4-24c4-415e-813b-459a0fa8e541
- Local pid:
- pubs:108403
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- 2012-12-19
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- Atijosan et al
- Copyright date:
- 2008
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- Copyright 2008 Atijosan et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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