Does the weather really matter? A cohort study of influences of weather and solar conditions on daily variations of joint pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1243-1247

  Smedslund, Geir ^a   Mowinckel, Petter ^a   Heiberg, Turid ^b   Kvien, Tore Kristian ^a   Hagen, Kåre Birger ^a  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOLAR CYCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEATHER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLAR ACTIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WEATHER;

EID: 69749084418     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24729     Document Type: Article

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