CASE-CONTROL STUDY OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND PRIOR USE OF ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES

The Lancet

Volumn 321, Issue 8337, 1983, Pages 1299-1300

  Linos, Athena ^a   O'Fallon, W M ^a   Worthington, J W ^a   Kurland, L T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG THERAPY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS; HUMAN; JOINT; MENOPAUSE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THERAPY;

CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION CONTINUATION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS--BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CONTROL GROUPS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY PLANNING; FETAL DEATH; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICINE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES--BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; PARITY; PREGNANCY HISTORY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RECORDS; REPRODUCTIVE CONTROL AGENTS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; ESTROGENS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGE; PROGESTERONE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0020633357     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(83)92413-3     Document Type: Article

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