Knee disorders in the general population and their relation to occupation

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 794-797

  Baker, P ^a   Reading, I ^a   Cooper, C ^a,b   Coggon, D ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MALE; MENISCECTOMY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENGLAND; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0141525191     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.10.794     Document Type: Article

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