Osteoarthritis - The forgotten obesity-related epidemic with worse to come

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 317-

  Allman Farinelli, Margaret A ^a   Aitken, Robert J ^b   King, Lesley A ^a   Bauman, Adrian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT GAIN; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

AUSTRALIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 42949109786     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01634.x     Document Type: Letter

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