Overweight, gender and knee osteoarthritls

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 595-597

  Manninen, P ^a   Riihimaki H ^b   Heliovaara M ^c,d   Makela P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disability; Follow up study; Knee osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INSURANCE;

ADULT; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KNEE JOINT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0029988999     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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