Disease course and prognosis in rheumatoid arthritis: An interdisciplinary prospective longitudinal study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-198

  Bendtsen, Preben ^a   Hörnquist, Jan Olof ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

functional status; mortality; pain; prognosis; Rheumatoid Arthritis; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444589793     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/140349489602400311     Document Type: Article

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