Non-participation in EIRA: A population-based casecontrol study of rheumatoid arthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 344-346

  Bengtsson, C ^a   Berglund, A ^a   Serra, M L ^a   Nise, L ^a   Nordmark, B ^a   Klareskog, L ^a   Alfredsson, L ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARRIAGE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELECTION BIAS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 77954870513     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009740903501634     Document Type: Letter

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