Osteoarthritis of the knee in primary care

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7636, 2008, Pages 105-106

  Dieppe, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; LUMIRACOXIB; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; ROFECOXIB;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 38949129354     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39412.592477.80     Document Type: Editorial

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