Health related quality of life in a population sample with arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2029-2035

  Hill, Catherine L ^a   Parsons, Jacqueline ^b   Taylor, Anne ^b   Leach, Gillian ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arthritis; Prevalence; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033406385     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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