Alcohol consumption as a preventive factor for developing rheumatoid arthritis: A dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1962-1967

  Jin, Zhichao ^a   Xiang, Chun ^a   Cai, Qing ^b   Wei, Xin ^c   He, Jia ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLISHING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLICATION BIAS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84881174082     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203323     Document Type: Article

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