Cardiovascular care and cancer screening in female nurses with and without rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 429-432

  Solomon, Daniel H ^a,b   Karlson, Elizabeth W ^a   Curhan, Gary C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Health services research; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NURSE; PELVIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 2642519752     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20418     Document Type: Article

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