Does excess weight cause osteoarthritis and, if so, why?
Open Access
- 1 September 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
- Vol. 55 (9) , 668-670
- https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.55.9.668
Abstract
No abstract availableThis publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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