Possible environmental determinants of juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 411-425

  Ellis, Justine A ^a,b   Munro, Jane E ^a   Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Hygiene hypothesis; Infection; Maternal smoking; Sun exposure; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5; HLA ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; NON RECEPTOR PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 22; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR 1; VITAMIN D;

ASIAN; AUTOIMMUNITY; BREAST FEEDING; CAUCASIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INDIAN; INFECTION; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NEGRO; PARVOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFECTION; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 77950546441     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep383     Document Type: Review

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