TY - JOUR T1 - Clinical Hand Osteoarthritis in Tehran: Prevalence, Signs, Symptoms, and Pattern — COPCORD Stage I, Iran Study JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 1467 LP - 1469 VL - 35 IS - 7 AU - AHMAD-REZA JAMSHIDI AU - ARASH TEHRANI-BANIHASHEMI AU - SAEEIDEH DAHAGHIN AU - JALEH GHOLAMI AU - MOHAMMAD-HOSSEIN FROOZANFAR AU - MASSOOMEH AKHLAGHI AU - ALI-REZA KHABBAZI AU - MOJGAN BARGHAMDI AU - ELHAM NOROLLAHZADEH AU - BOZORGMEHR ARABZADEH AU - FEREYDOUN DAVATCHI Y1 - 2008/07/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/35/7/1467.abstract N2 - To the Editor: In Iran coordinated efforts by the World Health Organization and the International League Against Rheumatism (ILAR) have led to a Community-Oriented Program for Control of Rheumatic Diseases (COPCORD)1–4. The COPCORD study comprises 3 stages. In Tehran, the first stage started in 2003, and was intended to measure the prevalence of major rheumatic disorders in the urban adult population in a study carried out by the Rheumatology Research Center, Tehran University1. Although many studies have reported the prevalence of hand osteoarthritis (OA) in Western countries4–8, fewer have covered it in the East9,10. Epidemiological studies of OA… ER -