Toward optimal health: Managing arthritis in women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 729-734

  Godfrey, Jodi R ^b   Felson, David T ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; RETINOL; SELENIUM; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT INJURY; KNEE PAIN; NOTE; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ARTHRITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 44949189588     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.0879     Document Type: Note

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