Description

For persons who have ever had arthritis or rheumatism in the past 12 months, ARTHDIAGFIRST reports if a medical doctor, a chiropractor, a friend, a relative, or someone else was the first to tell the person that he or she had arthritis.

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Comparability

There are no comparability issues.

Universe

Availability

• 1969

Weights

• 1969 : PERWEIGHT