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Self-management strategies in overweight and obese Canadians with arthritis

  1. S. Bernatsky1,†,*,
  2. C. Rusu2,
  3. S. O'Donnell2,
  4. C. Mackay3,
  5. G. Hawker4,
  6. M. Canizares5,
  7. E. Badley6

Article first published online: 25 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/acr.20654

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Arthritis Care & Research

Arthritis Care & Research

Volume 64, Issue 2, pages 280–286, February 2012

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Bernatsky, S., Rusu, C., O'Donnell, S., Mackay, C., Hawker, G., Canizares, M. and Badley, E. (2012), Self-management strategies in overweight and obese Canadians with arthritis. Arthritis Care Res, 64: 280–286. doi: 10.1002/acr.20654

Author Information

  1. 1

    McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  2. 2

    Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  3. 3

    Toronto Western Research Institute and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  4. 4

    University of Toronto and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  5. 5

    Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  6. 6

    Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  1. †

    Dr. Bernatsky is a Canadian Arthritis Network Scholar

*Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, 687 Pine Avenue West, V-Building, V2.09, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A1, Canada

  1. †

    Dr. Bernatsky is a Canadian Arthritis Network Scholar

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 JAN 2012
  2. Article first published online: 25 JAN 2012
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 3 OCT 2011 08:40AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 23 SEP 2011
  5. Manuscript Received: 24 MAY 2011

Funded by

  • Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec
  • McGill University Health Centre Research Institute and Department of Medicine
  • The Arthritis Society
  • F.M. Hill Chair in Academic Women's Medicine

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