Prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in circumpolar native populations

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-29

  Boyer, Georgiana S ^a,b   Benevolenskaya, Lydia I ^b   Templin, David W ^a   Erdesz, Shandor ^c   Bowler, Ann ^a   Alexeeva, Ludmila I ^d   Goring, Wendell P ^e   Krylov, Mikhail Yu ^d   Mylov, Nikolay M ^d  

^a Alaska Area Native Health Service   (United States)

^b Dept of Epidemiology and Genetics ^*  (United States)

^c Div of Epidemiology and Genetics

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumpolar populations; Prevalence; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESKIMO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ALASKA; ARCTIC REGIONS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RUSSIA;

EID: 0031985927     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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