Social support in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis compared to healthy controls

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 429-439

  Fyrand, Live ^a,b   Moum, T ^a   Finset, A ^a,d   Wichstrom L ^c   Glennas A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Department of Research   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

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EID: 0040750434     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500126538     Document Type: Article

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