title: [Change on the rate of children's finger metaphysics in the non-Kaschin-Beck disease areas of China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  36 non-Kaschin-Beck disease villages in five provinces including Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia in the severe endemic areas of Kaschin-Beck disease (KBD) were selected. The aim of this project was to provide the basis showing these KBD villages had already eliminated the KBD.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fully digital versatile X-ray radiography systems(DR) was used to shoot children's right hand X-ray, in accordance with the "Kashin-Beck Disease Diagnosis Standard" (WS/T 207-2010) for diagnosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results indicated that children showing metaphyseal changes only appeared in 13 of the 36 villages, where the rate of change on metaphyseal was less than or equal to three percent.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When KBD had been eliminated in a village, the rate of change on aged 7 to 12 children's metaphyseal would have been less than three percent.
authors.affiliation: Center for Endemic Disease Control, Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China.
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Center for Endemic Disease Control, Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China.
authors.forename: Yunqi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Center for Endemic Disease Control, Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China.
authors.forename: Lingwang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Center for Endemic Disease Control, Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Center for Endemic Disease Control, Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: Center for Endemic Disease Control, Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China.
authors.forename: Jiucheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Center for Endemic Disease Control, Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China. Email: 6yujun@126.com.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005385:Fingers / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D057767:Kashin-Beck Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011859:Radiography