Environmental risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 307-315

  Khuder, Sadik A ^a,b   Peshimam, Arif Z ^a   Agraharam, Sridhar ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b Dept of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune; Environmental; Exposure; Farming; Meta analysis; Pesticides; Silica; Toxicants

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXPOSURE; HAIRDRESSER; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0036825836     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2002.17.4.307     Document Type: Article

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