Osteoarthritis: Management options in general practice

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 622-625

  McKenzie, Suzanne ^a   Torkington, Amanda ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic (disease); Chronic disease therapy; Musculoskeletal diseases; Osteoarthritis; Pain

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOSAMINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHONDROITIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLUCOSAMINE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77957325747     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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