Breastfeeding practice, oral contraceptive use and risk of rheumatoid arthritis among chinese women: The guangzhou biobank cohort study

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 860-866

  Adab, Peymane ^a   Jiang, Chao Qiang ^b   Rankin, Elizabeth ^c   Tsang, Yee Wah ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^d   Barlow, Johanna ^a   Thomas, G Neil ^a   Zhang, Wei Sen ^b   Cheng, Kar Keung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Guangzhou Number 12 People's Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Chinese; Epidemiology; Oral contraceptives; Rheumatoid arthritis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORNING STIFFNESS; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WRIST PAIN;

BREASTFEEDING; CHINESE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTORS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST FEEDING; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84898770908     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket456     Document Type: Article

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