Functional ability and disability among older adults with arthritis: The impact of age, duration of arthritis, and severity of arthritis

Research in the Sociology of Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue , 2008, Pages 41-64

  Rohlfsen, Leah ^a   Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs ^a  

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EID: 53349160149     PISSN: 02754959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-4959(08)26003-5     Document Type: Review

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