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Meta-analysis · 2023

The Prevalence of Kashin-Beck Disease in China: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Xu J, Wang J, Zhao H · Biological Trace Element Research

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Pools the prevalence surveys and confirms the shape of the decline reported by national surveillance, with the disease now confined to shrinking pockets of the historic endemic band.

Population
Chinese prevalence surveys of Kashin-Beck disease
Intervention
Not applicable
Comparator
Not applicable
Limitations
Prevalence pooling across surveys with differing diagnostic criteria and decades.

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