Self-rated health and employment status in patients with multiple sclerosis

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 1742-1748

  Krokavcova, Martina ^a   Nagyova, Iveta ^a   Van Dijk, Jitse P ^a,b   Rosenberger, Jaroslav ^a   Gavelova, Miriam ^c   Middel, Berrie ^b   Szilasiova, Jarmila ^a   Gdovinova, Zuzana ^a   Groothoff, Johan W ^b  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Railways Hospital   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

anxiety and depression; Employment; multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956518148     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638281003734334     Document Type: Article

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