The impact of rheumatoid arthritis on employment status in the early years of disease: A UK community-based study

Revmatologiia

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1403-1409

  Barrett, E M ^a   Scott, D G I ^a   Wiles, N J ^b   Symmons, D P M ^b  

^a St Michael's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early inflammatory arthritis; Employment status; Rheumatoid arthritis; Work disability

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0034509669     PISSN: 13100505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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