The epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis in Rochester, Minnesota, 1955- 1985

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 415-420

  Gabriel, Sherine E ^a   Crowson, Cynthia S ^a   O'Fallon, W Michael ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032976283     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199904)42:3<415::AID-ANR4>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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