Response to 'Body mass index and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis'

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Liu, Yang ^a   Barnabe, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY;

ARTHRALGIA; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LETTER; OBESITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 84939459412     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-015-0744-9     Document Type: Letter

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