Obesity and hip osteoarthritis [1]

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-330

  Lievense, Annet M ^a   Reijman, Max ^a   Pols, Huibert A P ^a   Bierma Zeinstra, Sita M A ^a   Gelber, Allan C ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0042880758     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(03)00365-6     Document Type: Letter

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