Do Oral Contraceptives Prevent Rheumatoid Arthritis?

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 254, Issue 14, 1985, Pages 1938-1941

  Del Junco, Deborah J ^a   Annegers, John F ^a   Luthra, Harvinder S ^b   Coulam, Carolyn B ^b   Kurland, Leonard T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG THERAPY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK;

EID: 0021784188     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.254.14.1938     Document Type: Article

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