Smoking history and serum cotinine and thiocyanate concentrations as determinants of rheumatoid factor in non-rheumatoid subjects
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- 1 November 2004
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Rheumatology
- Vol. 43 (11) , 1424-1428
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keh365
Abstract
Objectives. Smoking is associated with false-positive rheumatoid factor (RF). We explored the dose–response relationship of this association, using smoking history and serum cotinine and thiocyanate concentrations as measures of tobacco exposure.Keywords
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