Incidence and outcomes of knee and hip joint replacement in veterans and civilians

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 295-299

  Wells, Vanessa ^a,e   Hearn, Trevor ^a   Heard, Adrian ^b   Lange, Kylie ^c   Rankin, Wayne ^a   Graves, Stephen ^d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Incidence; Joint; Outcome; Replacement; Veteran

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS;

EID: 33744771361     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03716.x     Document Type: Article

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