Rheumatoid arthritis is getting less frequent-Results of a nationwide population-based cohort study

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 736-744

  Abhishek, Abhishek ^a   Doherty, Michael ^a   Kuo, Chang Fu ^a   Mallen, Christian D ^b   Zhang, Weiya ^a   Grainge, Matthew J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geographic variation; Incidence; Prevalence; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DEMOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019686225     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kew468     Document Type: Article

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