Cigarette smoking and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis among postmenopausal women: Results from the Iowa Women's Health Study

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 465-471

  Criswell, Lindsey A ^a   Merlino, Linda A ^b   Cerhan, James R ^c   Mikuls, Ted R ^d   Mudano, Amy S ^d   Burma, Molly ^b   Folsom, Aaron R ^e   Saag, Kenneth G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COFFEE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOWA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0037090907     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01051-3     Document Type: Article

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