Intervention Review

Acetaminophen for osteoarthritis

  1. Tanveer Towheed1,*,
  2. Lara Maxwell2,
  3. Maria Judd3,
  4. Michelle Catton4,
  5. Marc C Hochberg5,
  6. George A Wells6

Editorial Group: Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group

Published Online: 21 JAN 2009

Assessed as up-to-date: 31 OCT 2005

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004257.pub2

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Towheed T, Maxwell L, Judd M, Catton M, Hochberg MC, Wells GA. Acetaminophen for osteoarthritis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD004257. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004257.pub2.

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  1. 1

    Queen's University, Department of Medicine and of Community Health and Epidemiology, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

  2. 2

    University of Ottawa, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  3. 3

    Canadian Health Services Research Foundation/Fondation canadienne de la recherche sur les services de santé, Research Use/Agente principale de programme, Utilisation de la Recherche, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  4. 4

    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  5. 5

    University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

  6. 6

    University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Cardiovascular Research Reference Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

*Tanveer Towheed, Department of Medicine and of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen's University, Etherington Hall-Room 2066, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada. tt5@queensu.ca.

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  1. Publication Status: Edited (no change to conclusions)
  2. Published Online: 21 JAN 2009

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