National databases and rheumatology research II: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys.

Tuulikki Sokka, Eswar Krishnan

Journal: Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America 2005;30(4):869-78, viii

PMID: 15488698

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Abstract

Three National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys were conducted in the United States between 1971 and 1994 to provide data on the nutritional and health status of the population and on specific target conditions. This article describes features of the surveys and provides examples of research on musculoskeletal disorders that used the survey data.

Address: Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 203 Oxford House, Nashville, TN 37232-4500, USA. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2004.07.009

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MeSH Terms: Databases as Topic, Health Surveys, Humans, Nutrition Surveys, Research Design, Rheumatic Diseases, United States