Rheumatoid arthritis functional disability in a public health care clinic

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 706-

  Westaway, Margarest S ^a,b   Rheeder, Paul ^b   Guloba, Geoffrey ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; DISABLED PERSON; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE DISABILITY INDEX; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK DISABILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 57149112771     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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