Racial and geographic factors in the incidence of legg-calvé- perthes' disease: A systematic review

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 159-166

  Perry, Daniel C ^a,c   MacHin, David M G ^c   Pope, Daniel ^a   Bruce, Colin E ^c   Dangerfield, Peter ^b   Platt, Mary Jane ^d   Hall, Andrew J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

continental population groups; geography; incidence; Legg Perthes disease; osteoarthritis; race

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH RISK; LITERATURE REVIEW; OSTEOLOGY; POISSON RATIO; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ASIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATITUDE; NORTH AMERICA; PERTHES DISEASE; RACE; REVIEW; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEGG-CALVE-PERTHES DISEASE;

EID: 84856150136     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr293     Document Type: Review

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