Geographic variation in rheumatoid arthritis incidence among women in the United States

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1664-1670

  Costenbader, Karen H ^a,b   Chang, Shun Chiao ^c   Laden, Francine ^b,c   Puett, Robin ^b,c   Karlson, Elizabeth W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49449105429     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.15.1664     Document Type: Article

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