Functional status predicts mortality in a community based rheumatoid arthritis population

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1895-1899

  Söderlin, Maria K ^d   Nieminen, Pentti ^b   Hakala, Markku ^a,c  

^a Division of Rheumatology

^b Medical Computing Unit

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Functional status; Health Assessment Questionnaire; Keitel function test; Mortality; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FINLAND; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031720655     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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