Exposure to ultraviolet-B and risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis among women in the Nurses' Health Study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 506-511

  Arkema, Elizabeth V ^a,b   Hart, Jaime E ^a,b   Bertrand, Kimberly A ^a,b   Laden, Francine ^a,b   Grodstein, Francine ^a,b   Rosner, Bernard A ^a,b   Karlson, Elizabeth W ^b   Costenbader, Karen H ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 84874441045     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202302     Document Type: Article

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