Education and self-care activities among persons with rheumatoid arthritis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1057-1066

  Katz, Patricia P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Education; Health behavior; Health outcome; Self care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CARE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CALIFORNIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031912540     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)10037-5     Document Type: Article

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