Comparing self-reported function and work disability in 100 community cases of fibromyalgia syndrome versus controls in London, Ontario: The London fibromyalgia epidemiology study

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-83

  White, Kevin P ^a,b   Speechley, Mark ^a   Harth, Manfred ^a   Ostbye, Truls ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; PAIN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELF-EXAMINATION;

EID: 0032944445     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199901)42:1<76::AID-ANR10>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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