Growth and infectious exposure during infancy and the risk of rheumatoid factor in adult life

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 401-404

  Edwards, C J ^a   Goswami, R ^a   Goswami, P ^a   Syddall, H ^b   Dennison, E M ^b   Arden, N K ^b   Cooper, C ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED SHARING; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANCY; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GROWTH; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33144467957     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.036301     Document Type: Article

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