Influence of weight, body mass index and lifestyle factors on radiographic features of lumbar disc degeneration [4]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 426-427

  Pye, Stephen R ^a   Reid, David M ^b   Adams, Judith E ^a   Silman, Alan J ^a   O'Neill, Terence W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; LUMBAR DISC DEGENERATION; MALE; OSTEOPHYTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SPINE DISEASE;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LIFE STYLE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 34147210850     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.057166     Document Type: Letter

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