High prevalence of unemployment in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: Association with organ damage and health-related quality of life

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1053-1057

  Bultink, Irene E M ^a   Turkstra, Franktien ^b   Dijkmans, Ben A C ^b   Voskuyl, Alexandre E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Organ damage; Quality of life; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Working status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; ORGAN INJURY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 44949148317     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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