The social impact of Mseleni Joint Disease
Keywords:
Osteoarthritis, Joint Diseases, Activities of Daily Living, Socioeconomic Factors, Education, Pensions, Family Size
Abstract
An extensive survey was done at Mseleni and the emphasis of this article is to point out the hardships which co-exist with, and are aggravated by Mseleni Joint Disease - for the individual as well as for the whole community.
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