Work disability in rheumatoid arthritis 10 years after the diagnosis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1681-1685

  Sokka, Tuulikki ^a   Kautiainen, Hannu ^b   Möttönen, Timo ^b   Hannonen, Pekka ^b  

^a Central Hospital   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Rheumatoid arthritis; Work disability

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TIME; WORK DISABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 0032770474     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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