A cross sectional study of the association between sex, smoking, and other lifestyle factors and osteoarthritis of the hand

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1719-1724

  Jones, Graeme ^a   Cooley, Helen M ^a   Stankovich, James M ^a  

^a The Menzies Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fracture; Osteoarthritis; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OCCUPATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FINGER INJURY; FINGER JOINT; FRACTURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FINGER JOINT; FRACTURES; HAND; HUMAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOID NODULE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TASMANIA; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036021156     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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