Epidemiology of Osteoarthritis

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-19

  Neogi, Tuhina ^a   Zhang, Yuqing ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D;

AGING; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPLASTY; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRUCTURE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; ETHNICITY; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HEREDITY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT INJURY; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEX; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872319640     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: 15583163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2012.10.004     Document Type: Review

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