Past incidence and future demand for Knee Arthroplasty in Sweden: A report from the Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Register regarding the effect of past and future population changes on the number of arthroplasties performed

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 376-380

  Robertsson, Otto ^a   Dunbar, Michael J ^b   Knutson, Kaj ^a   Lidgren, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREDICTION; REGISTER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033863990     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000164700317393376     Document Type: Article

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