Employment, work disability, and work days lost in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: A cross sectional study of Dutch patients

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 353-358

  Boonen, A ^a   Chorus, A ^b   Miedema, H ^b   Van der Heijde, D ^a   Van der Tempel, H ^c   Van der Linden, Sj ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK DISABILITY; WORKLOAD;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SECURITY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0035072499     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.60.4.353     Document Type: Article

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