Osteoarthritis of knees and obesity in Eastern Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1742-1744

  Ismail, Abdullah I ^a   Al Abdulwahab, Ahmed H ^a   Al Mulhim, Abdulrahman S ^a  

^a KING FAHAD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; AGE; BODY HEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 39049177385     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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