Environmental factors and the outcome of rheumatoid arthritis

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 717-727

  Symmons, Deborah P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health assessment questionnaire; Inflammatory polyarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; HORMONE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POLYARTHRITIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REMISSION; RESIDENT; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEATHER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEREDITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042427642     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1521-6942(03)00063-9     Document Type: Review

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