High work disability rate among rheumatoid arthritis patients in Lithuania

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 433-439

  Dadoniene, Jolanta ^a   Stropuviene, Sigita ^a   Venalis, Algirdas ^a   Boonen, Annelies ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Employment; Labor force participation; Rheumatoid arthritis; Work disability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 2642580085     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20415     Document Type: Article

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