Socio-economic consequences of rheumatoid arthritis in the first years of the disease

Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 423-430

  Albers, J M C ^a   Kuper, H H ^b   Van Riel, P L C M ^a   Prevoo, M L L ^a   Van 'T Hof, M A ^c   Van Gestel, A M ^a   Severens, J L ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disease impact; Housing; Income; Leisure activity; Rest during the daytime; Rheumatoid arthritis; Social support; Socio economic; Transport mobility; Work disability

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REST; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSPORTATION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0032746370     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/38.5.423     Document Type: Article

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