Health-related quality of life among self-reported arthritis sufferers: Effects of race/ethnicity and residence

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 451-460

  Kovac, Stacey H ^a,b   Mikuls, Ted R ^c   Mudano, Amy ^d   Saag, Kenneth G ^d,e  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Ethnic groups; Quality of life; Residence characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 12; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ALABAMA; ARTHRITIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33645104393     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-005-3213-0     Document Type: Article

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