High prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis and its risk factors among Tibetan highlanders living in Tsarang, Mustang district of Nepal
Abstract Background In Tsarang (at 3560 m), which is located in Mustang, 62.7% of the residents answered that they had a subjective medical history of arthritis, and 41.1% of the residents answered that their families had a subjective medical history of arthritis on a survey conducted in 2017. The e...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-04-01
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Series: | Journal of Physiological Anthropology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40101-022-00283-3 |