Risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 242-251

  Aho, Kimmo ^a   Heliövaara, Markku ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dietary factors; Epidemiology; Genetics; Reproductive factors; Rheumatoid factor; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; AUTOANTIBODY; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CIGARETTE SMOKE; CRYPTOXANTHIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OXYGEN RADICAL; PROLACTIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SELENIUM;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; BREAST FEEDING; COFFEE; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEREDITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LACTATION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VEGETABLE;

ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COFFEE; DIET; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942729645     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07853890410026025     Document Type: Review

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