Risks of rheumatic diseases in first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden: A nationwide followup study

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1588-1596

  Li, Xinjun ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^b,c   Sundquist, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; OUTCOME VARIABLE; POLAND; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; YUGOSLAVIA;

AFRICA; ASIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; POLAND; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; SWEDEN; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 66449135654     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24526     Document Type: Article

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