Do employment and family work affect the health status of women with fibromyalgia?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2045-2053

  Reisine, Susan ^a   Fifield, Judith ^b   Walsh, Stephen J ^b   Feinn, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Employment; Fibromyalgia; Health status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0042694614     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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