Incidence of total hip replacement for primary osteoarthrosis in Iceland 1982-1996

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-233

  Ingvarsson, Thorvaldur ^a,b   Hägglund, Gunnar ^b   Jónsson Jr , Halldór ^c   Lohmander, L Stefan ^b  

^a Central Hospital   (Iceland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SWEDEN; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0032773678     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679908997798     Document Type: Article

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