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Smoking and primary total hip or knee replacement due to osteoarthritis in 54,288 elderly men and women

BACKGROUND: The reported association of smoking with risk of undergoing a total joint replacement (TJR) due to osteoarthritis (OA) is not consistent. We evaluated the independent association between smoking and primary TJR in a large cohort. METHODS: The electronic records of 54,288 men and women, w...

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Autores principales: Mnatzaganian, George, Ryan, Philip, Reid, Christopher M, Davidson, David C, Hiller, Janet E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3844303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24006845
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-14-262

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