Factors associated with osteoarthritis of the knee in the first national health and nutrition examination survey (Hanes I): Evidence for an association with overweight, race, and physical demands of work

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 179-189

  Anderson, Jennifer J ^a   Felson, David T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Health surveys; Knee; Obesity; Occupations; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEGROID RACE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES; WHITES;

EID: 0023891732     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114939     Document Type: Article

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