Title of Journal Article: The American Journal of Medicine

Title of Journal: Smoking Intensity, Duration, and Cessation, and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Women

Volume: 119 issue 6 Date: June 2006  Page Number(s) 503.e1-503.e9

·What organization is responsible for publishing the journal you chose?

Association of Professors of Medicine (APM)

·What is your overall evaluation of this article?

_____Poor          ______Fair            ______Good        ___X___Very Good       _____Excellent

·Why did you choose to review this particular article?

                This article supports my research topic.

·How would you rate this article as a tool for teaching a student about cardiopulmonary physiology, radiography, or another allied health specialty?

I would rate this article as a good tool for teaching students. Shows how smoking can be very harmful. It includes statistics and good information.  

Students:               ____Poor       ____Fair       _____Good     __X__Very Good      _____Excellent

Teachers:               ____Poor       ____Fair       _____Good     __X__Very Good      _____Excellent

Patients:                ____Poor       ____Fair       _____Good     __X__Very Good      _____Excellent

· Comment on the readability of this article. 

This article is easy to read. Anyone can understand this article and read the charts that were provide to support the article.

· Course Topics covered:

Brief overview of Rheumatoid Arthritis

How smoking increases the risk of RA

A population analysis

Information on smoking exposures and potential confounding variables 

· Brief Summary:

This article was a conducted prospective analysis of smoking and the risk of RA among 103,818 women in the Nurses’ Health Study.

·Identify and attempt to explain three (3) terms, procedures or concepts that were unfamiliar to you when reviewing this article.

The risk remained elevated in past smokers until 20 years or more after cessation.

Both increasing duration and intensity of cigarette smoking increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis in women.

Most of the risk associated with smoking is for rheumatoid factor positive rheumatoid arthritis.

· Detail the strengths/weaknesses of this article.

The strengths of this article is that it provides a lot of information and statistics and you can tell that someone did a lot of research and studies on this topic.

I couldn’t really find any weaknesses.  

· How might this article be useful to you in your further studies and career?

It would be very helpful to support my research topic.

· Does the article include a list of references/citations that can be used to find more information on the topics they cover? 

Yes, this article includes a list of references and citations.

Your Name: ____Jessica Catron_______________ Date:  3/24/2008