Weather effects in rheumatoid arthritis: From controversy to consensus. A review

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1327-1334

  Patberg, Wiebe R ^a   Rasker, Johannes J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Humidity; Microclimate; Pain; Rheumatoid arthritis; Temperature; Weather

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING; CONSENSUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MEDLINE; MICROCLIMATE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ROOM VENTILATION; SKIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 3042770909     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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