Socioeconomic status and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: A Danish case-control study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1069-1074

  Pedersen, Merete ^a,c   Jacobsen, Søren ^b   Klarlund, Mette ^b   Frisch, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Education; Etiology; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid factor; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE DURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33744752758     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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