The pill, parity, and rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 782-789

  Spector, Tim D ^a,b   Roman, Eve ^a,c   Silman, Alan J ^a,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Arthritis and Rheumatism Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPARA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

BIOLOGY; CASE STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS--BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CONTROL GROUPS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; NULLIPARITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES--BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; PARITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY--BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; STUDIES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025326633     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780330604     Document Type: Article

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