Socioeconomic deprivation and rheumatoid disease: What lessons for the health service?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 794-799

  Young, A ^a   Emery, P ^g   Gough, A ^h   James, D ⁱ   Prouse, P ^j   Williams, P ^k   Winfield, J ^l   Wilkinson, P ^b   Talamo, J ^a   Dixey, J ^c   Jones, Robert ^c   Hunt, Agnes ^c   Cox, N ^d   Davies, P ^e   Devlin, J ^f  

^a St Albans City Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Orthopaedic Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^h Harrogate and District Foundation Trust Hospital   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ DIANA PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033778802     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.59.10.794     Document Type: Article

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