A positive association of smoking and articular knee joint cartilage in healthy people

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 587-590

  Racunica, T L ^a   Szramka, M ^b   Wluka, A E ^a,c   Wang, Y ^a   English, D R ^d,e   Giles, G G ^d   O'Sullivan, R ^f   Cicuttini, F M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Osteoarthritis; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CANADA; CHONDROPATHY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIBIA;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TIBIA;

EID: 34247633746     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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