Regional differences in the occurrence and severity of rheumatoid arthritis in Europe

CPD Rheumatology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-32

  Cimmino, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

CLIMATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0033280047     PISSN: 13678922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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