Comparison of the Prevalence of Knee Osteoarthritis between the Elderly Chinese Population in Beijing and Whites in the United States: The Beijing Osteoarthritis Study

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2065-2071

  Zhang, Yuqing ^a   Xu, Ling ^b   Nevitt, Michael C ^c   Aliabadi, Piran ^d   Yu, Wei ^b   Qin, Mingwei ^b   Lui, Li Yung ^c   Felson, David T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035464656     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200109)44:9<2065::AID-ART356>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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