Debunking the obesity-mortality paradox in RA

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 445-446

  Sattar, Naveed ^a   McInnes, Iain B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DISEASE COURSE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84938416916     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2015.93     Document Type: Short Survey

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