Incidence of surgically treated osteoarthritis in the hip and knee in male construction workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 275-278

  Jarvholm B ^a   From, C ^a   Lewold, S ^b   Malchau, H ^c   Vingard E ^d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 41749124758     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.033365     Document Type: Article

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