Quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 884-888

  Whalley, D ^a,d   McKenna, S P ^b   De Jong, Z ^c   Van Der Heijde, D ^c  

^a GALEN RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Enterprise House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Disease specific; Needs; Outcome measurement; Qualitative interviews; Quality of life; RAQoL; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOOD; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LIFE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030867768     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/36.8.884     Document Type: Article

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