Meat consumption and risk of primary hip and knee joint replacement due to osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study

Yuanyuan Wang; Julie Anne Simpson; Anita Wluka; Dallas R English; Graham G Giles; Stephen Graves; Flavia M Cicuttini

Journal article

Meat consumption and risk of primary hip and knee joint replacement due to osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study

Yuanyuan Wang, Julie Anne Simpson, Anita Wluka, Dallas R English, Graham G Giles, Stephen Graves, Flavia M Cicuttini

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | BMC | Published : 2011

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-17

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Graham Giles Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Dallas English Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Julie Simpson Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

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Funding Acknowledgements

The Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study recruitment was funded by VicHealth and The Cancer Council of Victoria. This study was funded by a program grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC; 209057), capacity building grant (251533), and enabling grant (396414), and was further supported by infrastructure provided by The Cancer Council Victoria. Dr Wang is the recipient of NHMRC Public Health (Australia) Fellowship (NHMRC 465142). Dr Wluka is the recipient of NHMRC Career Development Award (NHMRC 545876). We would especially like to thank the data manager Lisa Ingerson and statistician Nicole Pratt from the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry, and Ms Georgina Marr from The Cancer Council Victoria.