Update in the epidemiology of the rheumatic diseases

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-135

  Michet, Clement ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ATHLETE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; DIET THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LYMPHOMA; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARVOVIRUS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; POLYARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCLERODERMA; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYNOVITIS; UNITED STATES; VASCULITIS;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 0031917549     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002281-199803000-00008     Document Type: Review

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