Blood transfusion, smoking, and obesity as risk factors for the development of rheumatoid arthritis. Results from a primary care‐based incident case‐control study in Norfolk, England

Symmons, Deborah; Bankhead, Clare; Harrison, Beverley; M. Brennan, Paul; J. Silman, Alan; M Barrett, E; G. I. Scott, David

doi:10.1002/art.1780401106

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Blood transfusion, smoking, and obesity as risk factors for the development of rheumatoid arthritis. Results from a primary care‐based incident case‐control study in Norfolk, England

Published in Arthritis & Rheumatism • Nov 1, 1997

Authors:

Deborah Symmons

Clare Bankhead

Beverley Harrison

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine a range of demographic, social, and clinical risk factors for the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: Population-based case-control study in Norfolk, England, involving adult patients, ages 18-70, with an inflammatory polyarthritis of or =30 was associated with a...

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Medicine

Rheumatoid arthritis

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