Letter to the editor - Re: Role of obesity on the risk for total hip or knee arthroplasty

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 466, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1007-

  Gursu, Sarper ^a   Aydin, Kerem ^a  

^a Baltalimani Metin Sabanci Bone and Joint Diseases Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANADA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ARTHROPATHY; HIP; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; NOTE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE JOINT; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 43349093051     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-008-0174-y     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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