Heavy cigarette smoking is strongly associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), particularly in patients without a family history of RA

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 223-227

  Hutchinson, D ^a   Shepstone, L ^b   Moots, R ^a   Lear, J T ^d   Lynch, M P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035094575     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.60.3.223     Document Type: Article

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