Climate is associated with prevalence and severity of radiographic hand osteoarthritis

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 280-287

  Kalichman, L ^a   Korosteshevsky, M ^b   Batsevich, V ^c   Kobyliansky, E ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLIMATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; RUSSIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960644755     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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