Insecticide use and risk of rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus in the women's health initiative observational study

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-194

  Parks, Christine G ^a   Walitt, Brian T ^b   Pettinger, Mary ^c   Chen, Jiu Chiuan ^d   De Roos, Anneclaire J ^c   Hunt, Julie ^c   Sarto, Gloria ^e   Howard, Barbara V ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^f MEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; INSECTICIDE; PREDNISONE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKPLACE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79551512143     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20335     Document Type: Article

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