Capability for daily activities in old people with rheumatoid arthritis: A population based study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-58

  Kauppi, M ^a   Hartikainen, S ^b   Kautiainen, H ^a   Laiho, K ^a   Sulkava, R ^b  

^a RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11344257664     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.017889     Document Type: Article

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