The longterm outcomes of rheumatoid arthritis: Work disability: A prospective 18 year study of 823 patients

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2108-2117

  Wolfe, Frederick ^a,c   Hawley, Donna J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Rheumatoid arthritis; Work disability

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAIN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

EID: 0031732074     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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