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Published in: Clinical Rheumatology 5/2018

01-05-2018 | Letter to the Editor

We must harness technology to deliver the musculoskeletal disease epidemiology that is urgently needed across sub-Saharan Africa

Authors: Doug L. Fink, David Oladele, Oseme Etomi, Hakeem Olaosebikan, Ida Dzifa Dey, Olufemi Olawale Adelowo

Published in: Clinical Rheumatology | Issue 5/2018

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Title
We must harness technology to deliver the musculoskeletal disease epidemiology that is urgently needed across sub-Saharan Africa
Authors
Doug L. Fink
David Oladele
Oseme Etomi
Hakeem Olaosebikan
Ida Dzifa Dey
Olufemi Olawale Adelowo
Publication date
01-05-2018
Publisher
Springer London
Published in
Clinical Rheumatology / Issue 5/2018
Print ISSN: 0770-3198
Electronic ISSN: 1434-9949
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-018-4020-7

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