Brief Report: Rheumatoid Arthritis as the Underlying Cause of Death in Thirty-One Countries, 1987–2011: Trend Analysis of World Health Organization Mortality Database

Arthritis and Rheumatology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1560-1565

  Kiadaliri, Aliasghar A ^a   Felson, David T ^b   Neogi, Tuhina ^b   Englund, Martin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA BASE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREND STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; TRENDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85022322346     PISSN: 23265191     EISSN: 23265205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.40091     Document Type: Article

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