Labour force participation among patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 549-554

  Chorus, Astrid M J ^a   Miedema, Harald S ^b   Wevers, Cees J ^a   Van Der Linden, Sjef ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Health Research and Development Council   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX; WORKER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033936011     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.59.7.549     Document Type: Article

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