Do oral contraceptives reduce the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis?: A pilot study using the Stockholm county medical information system

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 140-146

  Allebeck, Peter ^a   Ahlbom, Anders ^a   Ljungström, Kjell ^a   Allander, Erik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; JOINT; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THERAPY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS--BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PLANNING; INCIDENCE; MEASUREMENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES--BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION AT RISK; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; STUDIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PILOT PROJECTS; REGISTRIES; RISK; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0021280881     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009748409100377     Document Type: Article

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