Epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis: Determinants of onset, persistence and outcome

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 707-722

  Symmons, Deborah P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Determinants; Epidemiology; Outcome; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE;

AGE; ARTHROPATHY; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 0036449213     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/berh.2002.0257     Document Type: Article

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