The primary prevention of rheumatic diseases /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International League against Rheumatism
Other Authors: Wigley, R. D. (Richard Drummond), 1921-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Carnforth, Lancs, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Parthenon Pub. Group, 1994.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • National and international statistics / William R. Felts
  • Prevalence of major chronic rheumatic diseases in the USSR / Nikolai Khaltaev, Lydia I. Benevolenskaya
  • Rheumatic problems in the Asia Pacific region / Richard Wigley
  • Rheumatic syndromes caused by accidents / Peter Disler, Ann Williamson
  • Primary prevention of sport-induced rheumatic diseases / Anthony Gear
  • Fibromyalgia / Richard Wigley
  • Overuse syndromes (repetitive strain syndrome) / Richard Wigley
  • Regional pain syndromes / Anders Bjelle, Richard Wigley
  • Back pain / John A.D. Anderson
  • Osteoarthritis: pathogenesis, etiology and prevention / W. Watson Buchanan, Peter Lee
  • Primary prevention of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease / Richard Talbot
  • Bacterial causes of rheumatic disease / David Barraclough, Richard Wigley
  • Lyme disease / Angelina Blaaw, Sjef van der Linden
  • Viruses and rickettsiae in rheumatic diseases of temperate climates / Robert Fraser, James Gear
  • Tropical diseases and arthritis: viral causes / James Gear.
  • (cont) Tropical diseases and rheumatism (bacterial, spirochetal and protozoal diseases) / James Gear
  • Tropical diseases and arthritis: helminthic infections / James Gear
  • Sexually transmitted diseases / Clifford Eastmond, Richard Wigley
  • Spondylarthropathies / Sjef van der Linden, Muhammad Asim Khan
  • Primary prevention of rheumatoid arthritis / Alan J. Silman
  • Connective tissue diseases / Marc C. Hochberg, Richard Wigley
  • Chemical and physical causes of rheumatic problems / Richard Wigley
  • Metabolic causes of arthritis / Bryan Emmerson, Richard Wigley
  • Involutional osteoporosis / Erik Allander
  • Diet and rheumatic diseases / Richard Wigley
  • Drug-induced rheumatic problems (iatrogenic drugs and drugs of abuse) / Patrick J. Rooney, W. Watson Butchanan
  • Postinterventional rheumatic problems (cheirogenic rheumatic disease) / Patrick J. Rooney, W. Watson Butchanan
  • Occupational factors / John A.D. Anderson
  • Medico-legal aspects of preventing work incapacity from chronic rheumatic disease / Nortin M. Hadler.
  • (cont) Special problems in developing countries / John Darmawan, Richard Wigley
  • Education in developed and developing nations / Kenneth D. Muirden
  • General conclusions / Richard Wigley.