Employment patterns and their effect on health outcomes among women with rheumatoid arthritis followed for 7 years

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1908-1916

  Reisine, Susan ^a   Fifield, Judith ^b   Winkelman, Darlene K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Employment; Family; Pain; Rheumatoid arthritis; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 0031721105     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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