Serum cholesterol and risk of rheumatoid arthritis in a cohort of 52 800 men and women

Revmatologiia

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-257

  Heliovaara M ^a,b   Aho, K ^a   Knekt, P ^a,b   Reunanen, A ^a,b   Aromaa, A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Epidemiology; Longitudinal studies; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid factor; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029996403     PISSN: 13100505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/35.3.255     Document Type: Article

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