Longitudinal study of negative workplace events among employed rheumatoid arthritis patients and healthy controls

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 958-964

  Mancuso, Carol A ^a,c   Rincon, Melina ^b   Sayles, Wendy ^c   Paget, Stephen A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Fatigue; Healthy controls; Negative workplace events; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; WORKPLACE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 29144432843     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21594     Document Type: Article

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