Trends in epidemiology of knee arthroplasty in the United States, 1990-2000

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3928-3933

  Jain, Nitin B ^a,b,d   Higgins, Laurence D ^b   Ozumba, Donald ^b   Guller, Ulrich ^b,c   Cronin, McNeil ^b   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^b   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144432807     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21420     Document Type: Article

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