Epidemiology of slipped capital femoral epiphysis in a population with a high proportion of New Zealand Maori and Pacific children

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1184, 2003, Pages

  Stott, N Susan ^a   Bidwell, Terri A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIPHYSIOLYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMUR EPIPHYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; ONSET AGE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ABORIGINE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; FEMUR HEAD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; EPIPHYSES, SLIPPED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0642311348     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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