Older women and arthritis: Tracking impact over time

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 155-160

  Parkinson, Lynne ^a   Gibson, Richard ^a   Robinson, Ian ^a   Byles, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Arthritis; Longitudinal survey; Quality of life; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 78650136864     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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