Generalized osteoarthritis in women: Pattern of joint involvement and approaches to definition for epidemiological studies

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1938-1942

  Cooper, Cyrus ^a,d   Egger, Peter ^a   Coggon, David ^a   Hart, Deborah J ^b   Masud, Tahir ^b   Cicuttini, Flavia ^b   Doyle, David V ^c   Spector, Tim D ^b  

^a MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Isteoarthritis; Joint involvement; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTHROGRAPHY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0029952938     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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