Health status disparities in ethnic minority patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1475-1479

  Bruce, Bonnie ^a,b   Fries, James F ^a   Murtagh, Kirsten Naumann ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic minority; Health disparities; Health outcomes; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DISABILITY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34447500338     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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