The role of cumulative physical work load in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis - A case-control study in Germany

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Seidler, Andreas ^a   Bolm Audorff, Ulrich ^b   Abolmaali, Nasreddin ^c,d   Elsner, Gine ^c   Gül, Akan ^c   Ridder, Sebastian ^c   Bechtsis, Dimitrios ^c   Reefschläger, Leif ^c   Ball, Elke ^c   Vrezas, Ilias ^c   Beck, Winfried ^e   Missalla, Adalbert ^f   Hanusa, Christian ^g   Hoffmann, Reinhard ^h,i   Hovy, Louis ^j   Schaub, Wolfgang ^j   Jäger, Alwin ^h   Misko, Andreas ^e   Oboth, Annette ^e   Rehm, Richard ^e   Sztulman, Andrzej ^e   Vogl, Thomas ^c   Wacha, Hannes ^k   Zichner, Ludwig ^e   more..

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^b RP Darmstadt   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d OncoRay MI OncoRay   (Germany)

^e Ortho Clinic Rhein Main ^*

^f Ortho Clinic Rhein Main   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^h Center for Trauma Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery   (Germany)

ⁱ Offenbach Clinic   (Germany)

^j SANOFI   (France)

^k Hospital zum heiligen Geist   (Germany)

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EID: 48849117523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-3-14     Document Type: Article

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