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Validation of a Self-administered Inflammatory Arthritis Detection Tool for Rheumatology Triage

Ruben Tavares, George A. Wells, Vivian P. Bykerk, Francis Guillemin, Peter Tugwell and Mary J. Bell
The Journal of Rheumatology April 2013, 40 (4) 417-424; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.120096
Ruben Tavares
From McMaster University, Hamilton; University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA; and Centre d'Epidemiologie Clinique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy, Nancy, France.
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