Marital and sexual satisfaction in patients with RA and their spouses

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 405-408

  Van Lankveld, Wim ^a,c   Ruiterkamp, G ^a   Naring G ^b   De Rooij, D J ^a  

^a Sint Maartenskliniek ^*  (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 10844230113     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740410010317     Document Type: Article

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