Frontiers of Nursing (Aug 2018)

Prevalence of osteoarthritis and association between smoking patterns and osteoarthritis in China: a cross-sectional study

  • He Qian-Qian,
  • Zhang Jun-Feng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2018-0015
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 2
pp. 111 – 118

Abstract

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The aims of this study were to estimate the prevalence of radiographic osteoarthritis (OA) and to assess the association between smoking patterns and OA prevalence in adults aged 50 years or older belonging to the Shanxi province of China.

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