https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/415702
Title: | Increased inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis patients living where farm soils contain high levels of copper | Authors: | Yang, Tao-Hsiang TZU-HSUEN YUAN YAW-HUEI HWANG Lian, Ie-Bin Meng, Menghsiao Su, Che-Chun |
Keywords: | copper; inflammation; rheumatoid arthritis; soil pollution | Issue Date: | Nov-2016 | Publisher: | ELSEVIER TAIWAN | Journal Volume: | 115 | Journal Issue: | 11 | Start page/Pages: | 991-996 | Source: | Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi | Abstract: | Heavy metal pollution in farm soils is a problem in some parts of Taiwan. Copper can be a factor associated with increased disease activities of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate whether copper pollution in farm soils is associated with worsened RA. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/415702 | ISSN: | 0929-6646 | DOI: | https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84947560887 10.1016/j.jfma.2015.10.001 |
SDG/Keyword: | alanine aminotransferase; celecoxib; copper; creatinine; etanercept; hemoglobin; hydroxychloroquine; methotrexate; nickel; prednisolone; salazosulfapyridine; copper; soil; soil pollutant; adolescent; adult; aged; alanine aminotransferase blood level; Article; controlled study; creatinine blood level; DAS28; disease activity; erythrocyte sedimentation rate; female; human; leukocyte count; major clinical study; male; mass spectrometry; rheumatoid arthritis; soil pollution; Taiwan; thrombocyte count; adverse effects; agricultural land; ankylosing spondylitis; blood; chemistry; comparative study; cross-sectional study; gout; inflammation; middle aged; questionnaire; rheumatoid arthritis; soil; soil pollutant; statistical model; very elderly; young adult; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Copper; Cross-Sectional Studies; Farms; Female; Gout; Humans; Inflammation; Linear Models; Male; Mass Spectrometry; Middle Aged; Soil; Soil Pollutants; Spondylitis, Ankylosing; Surveys and Questionnaires; Taiwan; Young Adult |
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