Osteoarthritis of the knee among Saudi Arabian security forces personnel

Military Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-107

  Sadat Ali, Mir ^a,d   Al Gindan, Yusuf ^a   Al Mousa, Mohammed ^b   Al Rubaish, Abdallah ^a   Al Omari, Essmat ^c  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Security Forces Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SECURITY FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^d NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY MEDICINE; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0030045389     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/161.2.105     Document Type: Article

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