Rheumatoid arthritis: Are pets implicated in its etiology?

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 308-317

  Bond, C ^a   Cleland, L G ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

epidemiology; etiology; pets; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029862877     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-0172(96)80017-5     Document Type: Article

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