Rheumatoid arthritis among women in the agricultural health study: Risk associated with farming activities and exposures

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 762-770

  De Roos, Anneclaire J ^a   Cooper, Glinda S ^b   Alavanja, Michael C ^b   Sandler, Dale P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autoimmune Diseases; Autoimmunity; Farming; Occupation; Pesticides; Rheumatoid Arthritis

Indexed keywords

LINDANE; PESTICIDE; SOLVENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE; SUNLIGHT; WELDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 27644446542     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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