Smoking, low formal level of education, alcohol consumption, and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-130

  Bergstrom U ^a,b   Jacobsson, L T H ^a   Nilsson, J A ^a   Wirfalt E ^a   Turesson, C ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84874477560     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2012.723744     Document Type: Article

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