Work-associated arthritis productivity Loss: Where do we stand in its measurement?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1792-1793

  Burton, Wayne N ^a   Schultz, Alyssa ^b   Chin, Chen Y U ^b   Edington, Dee W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTHRITIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTHRITIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK;

EID: 77956465645     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100503     Document Type: Editorial

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