Factors associated with osteoarthritis of the hand in males: Data from the baltimore longitudinal study of aging

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 134, Issue 10, 1991, Pages 1121-1127

  Hochberg, Marc C ^a   Lethbridge cejku, Margaret ^b   Plato, Chris C ^c   Wigley, Fredrick M ^d   Tobin, Jordan D ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Osteoarthritis; Osteoporosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; HAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALTIMORE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HAND; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026337611     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116015     Document Type: Article

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