The accuracy of self-report of physician diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis in moderately to severely disabled older women

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1390-1394

  Ling, Shari M ^a,g   Fried, Linda P ^b   Garrett, Elizabeth ^c   Hirsch, Rosemarie ^d   Guralnik, Jack M ^e   Hochberg, Marc C ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center on Aging and Health   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Elderly; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHRYSINE; AURANOFIN; AZATHIOPRINE; BETAMETHASONE; CHLOROQUINE; GOLD; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENICILLAMINE; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0034092254     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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