Yang, Tao-HsiangTao-HsiangYangTZU-HSUEN YUANYAW-HUEI HWANGLian, Ie-BinIe-BinLianMeng, MenghsiaoMenghsiaoMengSu, Che-ChunChe-ChunSu2019-07-302019-07-302016-110929-6646https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/415702Heavy 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.encopper; inflammation; rheumatoid arthritis; soil pollution[SDGs]SDG3[SDGs]SDG11alanine 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 Adultjournal article10.1016/j.jfma.2015.10.001266103972-s2.0-84947560887WOS:000392928700007https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84947560887