A pilot study of a Mediterranean-type diet intervention in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis living in areas of social deprivation in Glasgow

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1239-1243

  McKellar, G ^a   Morrison, E ^b   McEntegart, A ^c   Hampson, R ^a   Tierney, A ^a   Mackle, G ^c   Scoular, J ^d   Scott, J A ^e   Capell, H A ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COOKERY; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SCOTLAND; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34548192176     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.065151     Document Type: Article

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