Mortality of rheumatoid arthritis in Japan: A longitudinal cohort study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1451-1455

  Hakoda, Masayuki ^a   Oiwa, H ^a,b   Kasagi, F ^a   Masunari, N ^a   Yamada, M ^a   Suzuki, G ^a   Fujiwara, S ^a  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^b National Hiroshima Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; LIVER DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 27744442716     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.033761     Document Type: Article

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