Rheumatoid factor seropositivity and rheumatoid symptoms in coal worker's pneumoconiosis [4]

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 365-366

  Kart, Levent ^a   Sarikaya, S ^a   Gurel, A ^a   Altin, R ^a   Armutcu, F ^a   Tor, M ^a   Ozdolap, S ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; CAUCASIAN; COAL WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TURBIDIMETRY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COAL MINING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY;

EID: 0345328703     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-003-0727-0     Document Type: Letter

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