Inverse association between air pressure and Rheumatoid arthritis synovitis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Terao, Chikashi ^a   Hashimoto, Motomu ^a   Furu, Moritoshi ^a   Nakabo, Shuichiro ^a   Ohmura, Koichiro ^a   Nakashima, Ran ^a   Imura, Yoshitaka ^a   Yukawa, Naoichiro ^a   Yoshifuji, Hajime ^a   Matsuda, Fumihiko ^a   Ito, Hiromu ^a   Fujii, Takao ^a   Mimori, Tsuneyo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; JAPAN; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; TEMPERATURE; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 84898670746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085376     Document Type: Article

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