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- Published online February 15, 2010.
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- Kelli D. Allen,
- Jiu-Chiuan Chen,
- Leigh F. Callahan,
- Yvonne M. Golightly,
- Charles G. Helmick,
- Jordan B. Renner and
- Joanne M. Jordan
- From the Health Services Research and Development Service, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center; the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center , Durham; Thurston Arthritis Research Center and the Departments of Medicine, Orthopaedics, Social Medicine, Epidemiology, and Radiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Supported in part by cooperative agreements S043, S1734, and S3486 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Association of Schools of Public Health; the NIAMS Multipurpose Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disease Center grant 5-P60-AR30701; and the NIAMS Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center grant 5 P60 AR49465-03 and NIAMS Arthritis and Immunology Training Grant T-32-AR007416.
K.D. Allen, PhD, Assistant Research Professor , Health Services Research and Development Service, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center , and Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center; Y.M. Golightly, PT, MS, Research Physical Therapist, Health Services Research and Development Service, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center , and Doctoral Student, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina; J-C. Chen, MD, ScD, Associate Professor , Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine; L.F. Callahan, PhD, Associate Professor , Thurston Arthritis Research Center and the Departments of Medicine, Orthopaedics, and Social Medicine, University of North Carolina; J.B. Renner , MD, Professor , Thurston Arthritis Research Center and the Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina; J.M. Jordan, MD, MPH, Professor , Thurston Arthritis Research Center and the Departments of Medicine and Orthopaedics, University of North Carolina; C.G. Helmick, MD, Medical Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Veterans Affairs. Address correspondence to Dr . K.D. Allen, HSR&D (152), VA Medical Center , 508 Fulton St., Durham, NC 27705, USA. E-mail: kelli.allen@duke.edu
Accepted for publication November 4, 2009.