Current tobacco smoking, formal education, and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-54

  Uhlig, Till ^a   Hagen, Kåre Birger ^a   Kvien, Tore Kristian ^a  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Education; Epidemiology; Health services research; Rheumatoid arthritis; Risk; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0032944413     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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