Effect of rheumatoid arthritis on work status and social and leisure time activities in patients followed 8 years from onset

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 44-50

  Fex, Eva ^a,b   Larsson, Britt Marie ^a,b   Nived, Kerstin ^a,b   Eberhardt, Kerstin ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Department of Rheumatology ^*

Author keywords

Handicap; Outcome; Psychological distress; Rheumatoid arthritis; Social impact; Work disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABLED PERSONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 0031965566     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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