Individual and occupational risk factors for knee osteoarthritis: Results of a case-control study in Germany

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Klussmann, André ^a   Gebhardt, Hansjürgen ^a   Nübling, Matthias ^b   Liebers, Falk ^c   Quirós Perea, Emilio ^d   Cordier, Wolfgang ^d   von Engelhardt, Lars V ^e   Schubert, Markus ^e   Dávid, Andreas ^e   Bouillon, Bertil ^e   Rieger, Monika A ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b Research Center for Occupational and Social Medicine Freiburg   (Germany)

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

^d Sankt Josef Hospital   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GERMANY; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; SPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WEIGHT BEARING; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; EXERCISE; INCIDENCE; LEISURE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFTING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 77952076091     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar3015     Document Type: Article

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