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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Risk factors for knee osteoarthritis in Japanese men: a case-control study

Noriko YoshimuraDepartment of Joint Disease Research, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hirofumi KinoshitaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wakayama Medical University Kihoku Hospital, Wakayama, Japan
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Noriaki HoriHori Hospital, Sennan, Japan
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Taira NishiokaNishioka Orthopaedic Hospital, Arita, Japan
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Masahiko RyujinRyujin Clinic, Wakayama, Japan
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Yoshihiko MantaniTamai Orthopaedic Hospital, Hannan, Japan
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Mariko MiyakeYamomoto Clinic, Shimotsu, Japan
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Tatsuya TakeshitaDepartment of Public Health, Wakayama Medical University School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan
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Masao IchinoseSecond Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan
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Munehito YoshiidaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wakayama Medical University School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan
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Hiroyuki OkaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wakayama Medical University School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan
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Hiroshi KawaguchiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Kozo NakamuraDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Cyrus CooperMRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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Pages 24-29 | Received 27 Jul 2005, Accepted 13 Dec 2005, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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