'If I didn't have RA I wouldn't give them house room': The relationship between RA, footwear and clothing choices

Rheumatology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 513-517

  Goodacre, Lynne J ^a   Candy, Fiona J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Footwear; Rheumatoid arthritis; Self image

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOTHING; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SHOE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMBOLISM; SYMPTOM; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BODY IMAGE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SHOES;

EID: 79952021745     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq347     Document Type: Article

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