Sick leave and work disability in patients with early arthritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-19

  Zirkzee, Elisabeth J M ^a   Sneep, Arina C ^a   de Buck, Petronella D M ^a   Allaart, Cornelia F ^a   Peeters, Andreas J ^b   Ronday, H Karel ^c   Westedt, Marie Louise ^d   le Cessie, Saskia ^a   Vliet Vlieland, Theodora P M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^c LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Occupational health; Sick leave; Vocational rehabilitation; Work disability

Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MONOTHERAPY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK DISABILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 36549064304     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0642-x     Document Type: Article

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