Employment and health status changes among women with fibromyalgia: A five-year study

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1735-1741

  Reisine, Susan ^a,b   Fifield, Judith ^a   Walsh, Stephen ^a   Forrest, Deborah Dauser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RHEUMATOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN;

EID: 57149111060     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24309     Document Type: Article

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