The role of traditional cardiovascular risk factors among patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

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Published in J Rheumatol on January 01, 2009

Authors

Sharmayne R E Brady1, Barbora de Courten, Christopher M Reid, Flavia M Cicuttini, Maximilian P J de Courten, Danny Liew

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Australia.

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