Rheumatoid arthritis patients show weather sensitivity in daily life, but the relationship is not clinically significant

Pain

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 173-177

  Gorin, Amy A ^a   Smyth, Joshua M ^a   Weisberg, James N ^a   Affleck, Glenn ^b   Tennen, Howard ^b   Urrows, Susan ^b   Stone, Arthur A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Rheumatoid arthritis pain; Weather sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COLD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WEATHER;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 0032924298     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00010-X     Document Type: Article

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