Work disability among two cohorts of women with recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis: A survival analysis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 372-380

  Reisine, S ^a,b   Fifield, J ^a   Walsh, S ^a   Dauser, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Rheumatoid arthritis; Women's health; Work disability

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RACE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK DISABILITY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPOUSES; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 34247635101     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22620     Document Type: Article

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