Associations of cigarette smoking with rheumatoid arthritis in African Americans
β Scribed by Ted R. Mikuls; Harlan Sayles; Fang Yu; Tricia LeVan; Karen A. Gould; Geoffrey M. Thiele; Doyt L. Conn; Beth L. Jonas; Leigh F. Callahan; Edwin Smith; Richard Brasington; Larry W. Moreland; Richard J. Reynolds; S. Louis Bridges Jr.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 101 KB
- Volume
- 62
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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