The dramatic increase in total knee replacement utilization rates in the United States cannot be fully explained by growth in population size and the obesity epidemic

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-207

  Losina, Elena ^a   Thornhill, Thomas S ^a   Rome, Benjamin N ^a   Wright, John ^a   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856584192     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.01958     Document Type: Article

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